First Things RSS Feed - James Kirchick https://www.firstthings.com/author/james-kirchick en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:55:27 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/james-kirchick 60 Mugabe and the Churches https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/08/mugabe-and-the-churches https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/08/mugabe-and-the-churches Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Robert Mugabe, the dictator of Zimbabwe, claims to be a man of faith¯and with some reason. He was born to mission-educated parents and, like many Zimbabweans of his generation, he attended a Jesuit school. He reportedly still attends weekly Mass in Harare. Martin Meredith, a former southern Africa correspondent for the London Times and a biographer of Mugabe, asserts that, at least in his younger days, Mugabe’s "mentor had been the Catholic Church."

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