In the church where Zimbabwe's founder Robert Mugabe used to worship, people prayed on Sunday for his forgiveness following his death two years ...
HARARE: In the church where Zimbabwe's founder Robert Mugabe used to worship, people prayed on Sunday for him to be forgiven following his death two years after he was toppled in a coup.
At the packed Sacred Heart Cathedral in downtown Harare, where Mugabe used to attend Catholic Mass with his first wife Sally and second wife Grace, congregants remembered him as a devout man who played a role in the church's upkeep."We are praying for our relatives who have died.
"To me he was a father figure. We are so saddened ... He was a very staunch Catholic," Sambo told Reuters.Zimbabwe's charge d'affaires Claudius Nhema and other visitors leave after attending a private religious service at Singapore Casket. "As our former president I think everyone can admit that without the work he did we would not be as independent as we are," she said.
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