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Vatican City | NCregister.COM |  Pope Francis on Wednesday asked for prayers for a “very ill” Benedict XVI. Francis made the appeal for the 95-year-old pope emeritus at the end of his weekly public audience on Dec. 28 in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall. “I ask to all of you …

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 …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was pomp and excitement as the catholic faithful gathered on Sunday in Kalongo town council, in Agago district to witness the rite of the Beatification of Venerable Dr. Joseph Ambrosoli. During the Eucharistic celebration, precisely after the penitential rite and before the singing of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | This weekend St Mary’s National Seminary Ggaba celebrated 50 years of existence sending joy and excitement across the country given the fact that it is a major symbol of a united Catholic Church in Uganda. Opened in 1970, Ggaba would have celebrated its golden jubilee …

Lyantonde, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lyantonde police are holding a driver for knocking dead a Catholic pilgrim while walking to the Uganda Martyrs shrine in Namugongo. Jovita Tukahiirwa, 54, was knocked dead by a speeding Toyota harrier registration number UBH 186F along the Mbarara-Kampala highway. The late Tukahiirwa was part of …

✳️ Archbishop Ssemogerere: Episcopal Motto: Let us grow into the Life of Christ ✳️ Dr. Kizito Lwanga’s Motto: Pray and work that you may have life. ✳️ Cardinal Wamala’s Motto: I Put My Trust In You ✳ Cardinal Nsubuga’s Motto: Mother, give light to the blind. Rubaga, Uganda | THE …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Catholic Episcopal Conference of Uganda has asked the Ministry of Education and Sports to rescind its decision to drop Latin in the revised secondary education curriculum. The Ministry of Education through the National Curriculum Development Centre-NCDC has for some time been revising the education …

Rubaga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bishop Paul Ssemogerere, the Apostolic Administrator of Kampala Archdiocese has warned the newly ordained priests to forget about being rich and put all their efforts towards serving God’s children. The bishop made the remarks on Saturday afternoon at Sacred Heart of Mary Cathedral-Rubaga during …

Rubaga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, the Archbishop of Kampala Archdiocese who was found dead in his bedroom Saturday morning, was a prelate who always spoke truth to power. Lwanga has always been distinct among his peers who always preferred to stay quiet on critical issues affecting …

Archbishop Lwanga became the Bishop of Kampala in 2006 after the retirement of Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of Kampala Catholic Archdiocese Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga is dead. According to the Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference, Monsignor John Baptist Kauta, Dr Lwanga was found …