ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 10th of May WELCOME! SERVANT OF GOD ALFRED KI-ZERBO, CATECHIST Today is the death anniversary of the Servant of God Alfred Simon Diban Ki-Zerbo, who was born in 1875. According to Monseigneur Zéphirin Toe he was the "First Christian of Upper Volta" (today's Burkina Faso). "APOSTLE ALFRED KI-ZERBO" A married layman, Servant of God Alfred Ki-Zerbo became the leader of 500.000 Christians in North-West Africa. He made a pilgrimage to Rome, where he met St Paul VI, who allowed him to sit on the papal throne. THE POPE'S BLESSING In 1980, the centenary catechist was hospitalised. Pope John Paul II, on a pastoral trip to Africa, sent him his blessing. HE DIED WHILE LISTENING TO HOLY MASS ON THE RADIO From his hospital bed, Alfred Ki-Zerbo listened on the radio to the Mass celebrated in Ouagadougou on May 10, 1980 by the sovereign pontiff. He surrendered his soul to God at the very moment when the successor o...