Churches throughout the region, including South Africa, are using parish structures to “address vaccine hesitancy and dispel myths,” said Bishop Sipuka, who is also president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference.
In Africa, parishes work to overcome hesitancy about COVID-19 vaccines
COVID-19 fear creates stigma, but some Africans more fearful of starving
Throughout Africa, church officials are working to fight the stigma that comes with the pandemic, but people are fearing death from hunger more than death from COVID-19.
South African bishops: Zuma’s resignation was long overdue
Jacob Zuma’s resignation as president of South Africa is long overdue, the country’s bishops said, noting that his scandal-plagued presidency fostered corruption and dereliction of duty at all levels of government.