Zimbabwe: Cause for Beatification of John Bradburne to Proceed

29 August 2019

Today marks a great occasion in the history of the Roman Catholic Church in Zimbabwe as the cause for the beatification of John Bradburne will be opened on the 5th of September 2019 at Mutemwa Leprosy Catholic and Care Centre in Mutoko.

On 1 July 2019 the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome issued a formal nihil obstat for the cause of beatification of Franciscan Missionary John Bradburne to proceed. The letter was sent to Archbishop Ndlovu, primate of Zimbabwe, who in April this year had convened a meeting of Zimbabwean Bishops at which there was unanimous approval to support the cause.

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