The high-level Zambian delegation led by Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mulambo Haimbe has successfully concluded its mission to Rome, where it attended the funeral of the late Holy Father, Pope Francis.
Minister Haimbe was accompanied by Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development Charles Milupi, President of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) and Archbishop of Kasama Ignatius Chama, and Bishop of Chipata Diocese George Lungu. The delegation represented President Hakainde Hichilema and the Zambian people at the solemn event.
While in Rome, the Zambian delegation joined thousands of Catholic faithful on April 25, 2025, at St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, a revered global religious leader known for his commitment to unity, compassion, and service to humanity.
Speaking after the ceremony, Mr. Haimbe called for the continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy, emphasizing the values of unity, love, and compassion that the Pope had championed throughout his pontificate.
In honour of the Pope’s life and service, President Hichilema declared April 26, 2025, a day of national mourning in Zambia, allowing citizens to reflect on the Pope’s profound impact on the world and the Catholic Church.
Meanwhile, preparations are underway for the election of Pope Francis’s successor. The Vatican has announced that a conclave will be held between May 6 and May 11, 2025, at the Sistine Chapel. A total of 135 cardinals under the age of 80 are eligible to vote in the highly anticipated election. According to tradition, the election’s conclusion will be signaled by the appearance of white smoke from the Sistine Chapel.
This information was provided in a statement issued by Pamela Mulenga, First Secretary for Press at the Zambian Embassy in Rome.
Laughable..
What’s laughable.Ignorance?Guess you don’t know that Vatican is a State and the Pope is the head.The Pope was not only a Catholic Bishop but in charge of Vatican as a state
Let us focus on developmental issues. Assuming we did not go there, was there going to be a difference.
What is laughable?
The man is in hell
Are you God to Judge?Infact he is much better than you who is still breathing.He spent his everyday life starting with prayer and ending with prayer.What about you?Starting a day writing nonsense and breathing nonsense
Is this news? Just attending a funeral. We attend funerals all the time
It’s not only news but a historical moment in a life’s time.If you can’t get it forget about it
I wanted to write something, then got distracted when I read “laughable”. What was I going to write?
Going to Pope’s funeral should be historical moment. How? The pope is a mortal soul like all of us. Let us respect the funeral but let it not come out like big news.
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Wasted resources……
Could have paid for 4 university students tuition fees
FWD2031
Yet when you have problems you rush to the same people for help. Bane lets not be short sighted.
Someone of were educated in Catholic schools, have been treated in Catholic hospitals, raised at Kasisi a catholic orphanage. Now you want to look down at the very institutions that shaped you. Your candidate to the ADB Sam Maimbo went to Chikuni Secondary, catholic school. You tell me what he hopes to do at the ADB you and africa will not benefit? Tuletasha bane…just simple cost of two tickets and how many nights stay in room? The other two in the picture are Patricia Chisanga Kondolo and the Zambian Ambasador to Unesco based in Rome. They are residents in Itlay within wihich the country called the vatican is based.