Mugabe Supporters Assault Priests in Zimbabwe

Submitted by FatherSean on Sat, 07/19/2008 - 09:24.

Mugabe supporters assault priests during crackdown in Zimbabwe

Wednesday 2 July 2008

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) - Several Catholic priests have been assaulted by supporters of Zimbabwe's ruling party and at least one house belonging to the Church has been burned down, a Jesuit spokesman said.

You may read the full story here: http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/viewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=1524

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Robert Mugabe is a Catholic. This story reminds your editor of the Martial Law years in the Philippines when the conjugal dictators, Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, were also Catholics. Many Church workers, mostly lay, but also some priests, were murdered or harassed by the military. On one occasion the late Jaime Cardinal Sin, Archbishop of Manila, was prevented from traveling to Rome by an official at Manila International Airport.

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