Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Christians in Luwero Diocese has petitioned the Provincial Chancellor of the Church of Uganda to halt the election of a fourth Bishop for the Diocese. Reverend Eridard Nsubuga Kironde the current Bishop of Luwero Anglican Diocese is set to retire in July …
Read More »Over 100 Christians go missing in Serere district
Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Serere police are investigating the disappearance of more than 100 members of Christ Disciple’s Church-CDC for several days. The East Kyoga Regional Police Spokesman, Oscar Gregg Ageca, says that they are investigating the matter under a General Inquiry File-GEF 002/2023 of Serere Central Police Station. According …
Read More »Museveni urges Mukono Diocese Bishop to rally Christians for dev’t
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appealed to the newly installed Bishop of Mukono Diocese, Enos Kitto Kagodo, to focus his episcopal ministry towards the economic and social transformation of Christians under his care. Bishop Kagodo started his journey as Bishop of Mukono on Sunday at …
Read More »‘Refocus your faith during Lent’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bishop of Jinja Diocese, Rt. Rev. Charles Martin Wamika, has urged Christians to focus on things that will build their faith, during the Lenten period. Bishop Wamika, who was preaching during the Ash Wednesday Mass held at Parliament, said that Christians should not fear …
Read More »Bishop Eibu starts journey to Kotido diocese
Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bishop-elect, Dominic Eibu has started his journey to Kotido Diocese ahead of his consecration on Saturday January 14, 2023 in Kotido Municipality. The new bishop conducted mass at Immaculate Conception in Soroti on Thursday before starting a journey with hundreds of Christians including security …
Read More »The virgin birth of Jesus
Why early Christians wouldn’t have found the Christmas birth story of the messiah so surprising COMMENT | Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III | Every year on Christmas, Christians celebrate the birth of their religion’s founder, Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee. Part of this celebration includes the claim that Jesus was born from a virgin …
Read More »The true Christmas
How to rekindling its spirit COMMENT | Dion Forster | If the media, popular entertainment, and retail habits are taken as indicators then the celebration of Christmas is no longer just the reserve of Christians. This has some consequences for the religious and non-religious alike. In popular culture and the media, Christmas …
Read More »Bishop cautions faithful against pushing nomination committee for successor
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Diocesan Bishop James William Ssebaggala has appealed to Christians to stop pushing the nomination committee which was tasked with a role to identify a new head of the diocese. Bishop Ssebaggala noted that several Christians keep bothering members of the nomination committee to reveal …
Read More »A pilgrim to Jerusalem
Visit to the historic city offers intriguing, exciting, interesting and fascinating experience THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last week I visited the historic city of Jerusalem. I decided to take a tour following the journey Jesus took 2000 years ago when he visited the city – from Gethsemane …
Read More »Museveni asks religious leaders in Rwenzori to champion fight against poverty
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has asked religious leaders in the Rwenzori region to spearhead campaigns against poverty by mobilising Christians to embrace government development projects. Museveni believes that if religious leaders take on development leadership, it could improve lives of Christians as opposed to only preaching …
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