Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The call for forgiveness and repentance dominated the end of year prayers at St Mary’s Cathedral Lubaga in Kampala. The mass was led by Father Anthony Musaala, the assistant administrator Lubaga Cathedral and assisted by Chancellor Father Charles Male. Father Musaala who took the hundreds …
Read More »Clerics urge Christians to embrace Covid-19 vaccination as churches reopen
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Churches reopened on Sunday after almost four months of closure, with a call to Christians to embrace the vaccination. On Wednesday, President Museveni reopened places of worship with only 200 congregants observing all the standard operating procedures-SOPs. The places of worship were closed in June …
Read More »Catholic Bishops ask Ugandans to pray for peace
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Catholic Bishops have asked Christians in the country to pray for peace in the country. The Bishops highlighted that as it was in the times of the Martyrs, there is much persecution of innocent people all over the country, which is becoming part of the …
Read More »Museveni reiterates call against corruption in his Martyrs day message
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has expressed his bitterness against corrupt practices which he says taint the country’s image. This was carried in his Martyrs day speech delivered by John Mitala, the Head of Public Service at the Anglican Shrine in Nakiyanja, Namugongo. “I wish on …
Read More »Church of Uganda needs UGX 188M to rehabilitate bishop’s house in Gulu
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Church of Uganda is hunting for Uganda Shillings 188 million to rehabilitate the dilapidated house of the Bishop of the Northern Diocese in Gulu. The house constructed about 100 years ago by the early Church Missionary Society at Mican Parish adjacent to St. Philips …
Read More »Faith is individual, not in crowds – Archbishop Kaziimba
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Dr. Samuel Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has beseeched Christians to avoid superficial acclaim of Jesus Christ. Dr Kaziimba who was preaching during the Palm Sunday service at Uganda Christian University Community Sunday fellowship said that many Christians just add …
Read More »Angry youths evict three priests from Oluko Catholic Parish
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business grounded to a halt at Oluko Catholic Parish in Arua district over the weekend when hundreds of Christians comprising youths and women stormed the priest’s residence to eject him and his two colleagues for alleged mismanagement. The angry Christians started mobilizing as early as …
Read More »Wowed into salvation by Luwum… ‘113-year-old’ recounts journey
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Norah Langa, now said to be 113 and one of the oldest living Ugandans, owes her salvation to the late Janan Luwum, the former Archbishop of the Church of Uganda. She believes that her salvation journey wouldn’t have been possible if their paths had not …
Read More »Don’t oppose the men of God, archbishop Kazimba implores Christians
Ntungamo Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The archbishop of the church of Uganda the Most Rev Stephen Kazimba Mugalu has implored Christians to support their clergy towards the development of the church especially when they are focused and doing the right things. The cleric said that the achievements of the men …
Read More »Mbarara archbishop urges christians to vote and go home
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara Archbishop His Grace Lambert Bainomugisha has urged Christians to maintain peace as the country heads to an election. Delivering his sermon at Nyamitanga Cathedral in Mbarara City on Sunday, Lambert urged Ugandans to participate in the presidential and parliamentary election on Thursday and return …
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