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Africa Subsaharan
African Anglican Bishops Support Mugabe
2007-04-21
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - African Anglican bishops have issued a message to Zimbabweans that was broadly supportive of the government, sharply contrasting with an earlier call from Catholic leaders for President Robert Mugabe to step down.

An Anglican pastoral letter released to coincide with this week's independence celebrations acknowledged Zimbabwe's economic crisis "rendered the ordinary Zimbabwean unable to make ends meet."
Special place for them in hell ...
The 14 Anglican bishops blamed the worsening plight of poor Zimbabweans largely on Western economic sanctions. "So-called targeted sanctions aimed at the leadership of the country have affected the poor Zimbabweans who have borne the brunt of sanctions," the bishops said after a meeting of the central African Episcopal Synod.

The Anglican church has been traditionally muted in its criticism of the government, with its leaders generally toeing the ruling party line. Prominent among the signatories to Friday's Anglican letter was Harare Bishop Nolbert Kunonga, frequently praised in the state media for his "progressive sentiment." Kunonga has denounced some black clergy as "Uncle Toms" and puppets of whites and Britain and the United States for their criticism of Mugabe.
Posted by:Steve White

#6  No- in this instance, they're being Black Africann. There's more than enough evidence in the blogs by otherwise highly educated and successful Africans, whose mindset is exactly that of the bishops.
Posted by: Pappy   2007-04-21 20:13  

#5  A refusal to condemn Mugabe should brand such cretins as fellow scum. May they all rot in the Hell they so often preach about.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-04-21 13:07  

#4  I was raised Episcopalian (Catholic light) but the sheer bullshit you're supposed to just accept, turned me away from all religions, they're all designed for power, control, an money, not a damn one of them has any other purpose.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-04-21 12:24  

#3  Are these the same African bishops I keep hearing will save Anglicanism from the scary threat of gay guys holding hands?

Exactly why when I left the Episcopal Church I didn't go to the AAC (American Anglican Communion), because they're aligned with these guys. Even those churches within the Anglican Communion that are conservative on social issues are way too political on international issues - downright anti-semitic to boot.
Posted by: xbalanke   2007-04-21 12:13  

#2  Are these the same African bishops I keep hearing will save Anglicanism from the scary threat of gay guys holding hands?

So, narcissistic African bishops on the one hand and the Archdruid of Canterbury on the other. Time to go back to the Old Faith or take the pill and finally become Protestants people.
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-04-21 07:47  

#1  Nowadays, Anglican bishop = loonie of the highest order, it seems. Not sure whether one has to be a loonie to become an Aglican bishop, or vice versa. may be a chicken and an egg problem.
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-04-21 05:26  

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