{"id":16862,"date":"2022-02-24T19:44:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T19:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/bishop-mambo-defends-hhs-visit-to-see-the-pope"},"modified":"2022-02-24T20:04:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T20:04:04","slug":"bishop-mambo-defends-hhs-visit-to-see-the-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/bishop-mambo-defends-hhs-visit-to-see-the-pope","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Mambo defends HH\u2019s visit to see the Pope"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>I wish to express my profound regret on some of our Christian groups that have vehemently and hysterically condemned our Republican President for visiting Pope Francis in Rome.<\/p>\n

I wish to state that our immediate past President visited the same Pope but never received such astonishing criticism like the current President is receiving and that\u2019s in itself is amazing.<\/p>\n

First and foremost, the Pope is a Head of State and President Hichilema, I imagine, as Head of State visited him on that bilateral and diplomatic level, and not as a member of a particular church or denomination.<\/p>\n

But most importantly brothers and sisters, the most important responsibility for any leader is to unite and not to divide, to include and not to exclude, to advance equity and fairness and not inequality, to gather and not scatter and I verily believe this is the very description and the profound character of Jesus Christ; to embrace and not to reject, to love and dialogue with those that are different from us, then to pour scorn and judge.<\/p>\n

Reaching out to Moslems, Hindus and Bahais do not make one any of those faiths, but it makes one considerate, loving and Christ-like. Just like going out to trade in Dubai which is a preoccupation of some of those criticizing the President, does not make one a Moslem<\/p>\n

From my standpoint, we must treat the body of Christ as being supreme and above religious or doctrinal affiliation. Christian is anchored on peace, love and harmony. Any message outside these three principles must be treated as not being from God, His Son Jesus and the Holy Spirit. We must therefore emulate Christ by advancing the language of love than hatred because Jesus focused on reaching out to all even the gentiles.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s give President Hakainde Hichilema a chance to unite a country that was once divided to it\u2019s core. Those that condemn him for visiting the Pope must reach out to their consciences and decide if it\u2019s not being done out of hate and anger, something the Christian faith preaches against.<\/p>\n

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