Good afternoon. Meetings between a head of state and a religious leader are often nothing more than a courtesy. But the recent meeting between President Daniel Chapo (who professes to be a devout Catholic) and Archbishop Inácio Saure, the archbishop of the city of Nampula, was a little more substantial than that.
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Saure is not a man to restrict his comments to politicians to light conversation. He is one of Mozambique’s most outspoken religious leaders, having previously complained publicly about some comments made by the first secretary of the ruling Frelimo party in Nampula, who said that Frelimo would stay in power until Jesus Christ returned to earth. Another issue raised by Saure has been the government’s shutdown of the Catholic-run radio station Rádio Encontro in February. As this newsletter noted at the time, the suspension (since reversed under pressure from the governor) seemed to have more to do with the popularity of the radio station than with its signal interfering with aircraft communication.
