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10/26/2004:

"Shun Western aid, Mugabe tells Catholic bishops"

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has urged the country's Catholic Church to free itself from Western donations that are likely to "suppress its voice".

"In my view, the church must remain a guiding light unto our path and should thus extricate itself from offers of assistance that suppress its voice," Mugabe was quoted as saying on Friday by the state media, while addressing a meeting of regional Catholic bishops.

"Quite often, when its voice is silenced, hate-filled, divisive and clearly foreign voices take over," Mugabe told an assembly of the Inter-regional Meeting of (Catholic) Bishops of Southern Africa.

Full Article : mg.co.za