Oyam, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Northern Uganda Bishops’ Fellowship has advised the government to reintroduce army chaplains. Army chaplains are non-combatants who attend to the spiritual needs of the soldiers. They are supposed to provide for the spiritual well-being of soldiers and their families and also offer moral guidance among …
Read More »Ssemakula, Tibaijuka elected Bishops
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The House of Bishops has elected Reverend Canon Godfrey Kasana Ssemakula and Rev. Barnabas Tibaijuka as the fourth and first Bishops of Luwero and West Ruwenzori Dioceses respectively. Rev. Canon Captain Stephen William Ongeng, the Provincial Secretary of the Church of Uganda announced the development …
Read More »Catholic Bishops ask gov’t to account for missing people as a Christmas gift
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government should give an account of every person who has remained incommunicado as a Christmas present to their families, Catholic Bishops have requested. This was part of the Christmas message delivered by Rt. Rev. Joseph Antony Zziwa, the chairman of the Uganda Episcopal Conference …
Read More »Zimbabwe gov’t summons Pope’s envoy to Zimbabwe as row with Catholic bishops rages
Harare, Zimbabwe | XINHUA | The Zimbabwe government on Wednesday summoned the Pope’s envoy to Zimbabwe as it escalated its feud with the Catholic Church to diplomatic level after Catholic bishops wrote a stinging pastoral letter last Friday accusing the government of human rights violations. In the fourth response by …
Read More »Poor documentation, greed threatens church land countrywide- Bishops
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Poor record-keeping and greed among descendants is a threat to the church and all its investments across the country. This is according to Bishops under the province of the Church of Uganda who visited a site in Ndeeba, of a church structure which was demolished …
Read More »COVID-19 pandemic a lesson not to glorify money-Luweero Bishops
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bishops in Luweero have said that the COVID- 19 pandemic should be a lesson to all the Christians to glorify God rather than their money. Uganda has so far registered 53 confirmed cases of COVID 19 and as a result, the country is on lockdown …
Read More »Mityana’s Kaziimba is Church of Uganda Archbishop-elect
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bishop Dr. Samuel Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu from Mityana is the new Church of Uganda Archbishop-elect. He will in March be installed as the 9th Church of Uganda Archbishop. He edged out other contenders who were Bishop Sheldon Mwesigwa of Ankole Diocese, Bishop Samuel George Bogere …
Read More »Don’t report sex abuses revealed in confessional: Australia bishops
Sydney, Australia | AFP | Priests should not be forced to report child sexual abuse revealed in the confessional, top Australian Catholics said Tuesday, adding they would rather risk jail than break the sacramental seal. The comments follow a national inquiry set up by the government into institutional child sexual …
Read More »Catholic bishops in DRC call for elections
Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | An influential grouping of Catholic bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo called for elections to be held on schedule this year and for President Joseph Kabila to step down when his second term ends. Kabila, who has been in power since 2001, is …
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