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Cde Mugabe, a devout Catholic and the First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe were among the hundreds of thousands of Catholic Church members and others from other denominations who took part in the historic event where a non-European pope was officially installed at the Vatican City.
According to ZBC President Mugabe was welcomed at the Harare International Airport by Vice President Joice Mujuru, Cabinet Ministers, Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, State Security Minister Sydney Sekeramayi, Minister of Transport, Communication and Infrastructural Development Nicholas Goche and Media, Information and Publicity Minister Webster Shamu, service chiefs and other senior Government officials.
Pope Francis, formerly the arch-bishop of Buenos Aires in Argentina was appointed to the helm of one of the world’s oldest churches last week, replacing 85-year-old Pope Benedict XVI, who resigned due to old age last month.
While in Italy, President Mugabe met Auxiliary Bishop to Rome, Bishop Matteo Zuppi, who played a pivotal role in bringing peace to Mozambique.
Bishop Matteo, applauded Zimbabweans for voting peacefully in the constitutional referendum. – Herald/ZBC news.
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