/ 6 April 2023

No escape for non-believers in deeply-Christian Southern Africa

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Belief: At the height of the pandemic, Father Kennedy Mugute (right) held a Palm Sunday mass in Harare’s Cathedral of the Sacred Heart that was livestreamed to parishioners. Photo: Jekesai Nji8kizana/Getty Images

After a while, it becomes exhausting to remind people that no, you are not religious, so you go along with the numerous rituals

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