24 June 2009

Canonizing Mwalimu

The Catholic Church has started the canonisation process for Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, the first President of Tanganyika, who united his country with Zanzibar to form Tanzania in 1964.

If the Pope declares Mwalimu a saint, he will be the first purely political figure to attain such status. The Sunday Monitor in Kampala, Uganda has reported on "St. Nyerere's 18 Political Miracles" which qualify him for canonisation.

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