Press Statement by Caritas (Integral Human Development) Commission - July 2024

Most Rev. Dr. Alick Banda - IHD Commission Chairperson

Press Statement by Caritas (Integral Human Development) Commission - July 2024

 

"LET JUSTICE FLOW" (Amos 5:24)

 

PREAMBLE

To our public leaders and all people of good will. We greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ who calls us to a prophetic responsibility of promoting Justice, Human rights and the common good of the people of God.

Arising from the just ended Caritas (Integral Human Development - IHD) Commission meeting of directors of Caritas from the arch/dioceses of Zambia held at Kapingila House in Lusaka, from 4th to 6th July 2024. And upon our theological reflection on the state of the nation we wish to address ourselves to the pertinent concerns facing us in Zambia.

Download the entire Press Statement by Caritas (Integral Human Development) Commission - "Let Justice Flow" (Amos 5:24) here: https://caritaszambia.org/phocadownload/general/Catholic-Commission-For-Integral-Human-Development-Caritas-Press-Statement.pdf

About Caritas Zambia

Caritas Zambia is a Catholic Organisation that is an integral structure of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB). The Conference of Bishops is a permanent grouping of Bishops of a given nation or territory that jointly exercises certain pastoral functions on behalf of the Christian faithful of their territory. This is done for the sake of effective evangelisation. To promote the principle of the common good which the Church offers humankind, especially through forms and programmes of the apostolate which are fittingly adapted to the circumstances of the time and place, is the role of Bishops.