Dar es Salaam, 16 November, 2023 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
The Catholic Church in Tanzania is seeking information about the life and heroic virtues of the Servant of God Julius Kambarage Nyerere to proceed with his cause of beatification and canonization.
Pope Benedict XVI declared Tanzania’s first president Servant of God on 13 May 2005.
In an edict shared with ACI Africa Tuesday, November 15 Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Ruwa’ichi of Dar-es-Salaam invited Tanzanians to send information, “both favorable and unfavorable” to the body tasked with overseeing the course of the Servant of God Nyerere.
“We invite all the faithful to communicate to us directly or to send to the Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam, any information - both favorable or unfavorable - regarding the life and heroic virtues of the Servant of God as a Catholic lay faithful and father of a family, as well as his reputation for holiness and intercessory power,” Archbishop Ruwa’ichi said.
The Archbishop said that those who are in possession of any writings attributed to the Servant of God should “carefully send” them to the Diocesan Tribunal for the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God.
