Maputo, 29 May, 2020 / 2:15 am (ACI Africa).
The Catholic pastoral aid organization, Aid to the Church (ACN) International is fostering evangelization initiatives at the grassroots by providing a financial subsidy toward the establishment of a radio substation in the diocese of Quelimane located in the East-central part of Mozambique, the leadership of the Germany-based agency has announced.
The substation will be an extension of Radio Maria Mozambique, which is a member of the Italy-based World Family of Radio Maria, a Catholic entity that runs Marian radio stations across the world.
“ACN wants to help the evangelization programs offered in this area of first evangelization with a partial contribution to the establishment of the Radio Maria station in Quelimane, which needs to renovate a building for the studio and equipment as well as recruitment and training for broadcasting,” the leadership of the 73-year-old organization has been quoted as saying.
According to ACN, the Bishop of Quelimane diocese, Hilário da Cruz Massinga is keen on setting up the substation “due to the lack of a Catholic Radio in the diocese to spread the good news of salvation in a language people understand.”
“It is a mostly rural population, which has suffered a lot from Mozambique’s civil war, which left much division,” ACN leadership has said referencing Quelimane area, a small sea port along the Indian Ocean coastline.
