Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pope Francis has appointed the Vicar General of Kiyinda-Mityana Diocese, Monsignor Lawrence Mukasa, as Bishop of Kasana Luwero. The announcement of his appointment was released today by the Papal Nuncio to Uganda, Archbisop Luigi Bianco. Bishop-elect Lawrence Mukasa was born on 14 March 1957. The …
Read More »Catholic church needs UGX 950m for 2020 Martyrs day celebrations
The annual celebration was set aside in honour of the martyrdom of 45 young men who converted to Christianity between 1885 and 1887 to the annoyance of the then Kabaka Mwanga II of Buganda, who ordered that they are burnt to death. Every year millions of pilgrims from within and …
Read More »Catholic institutions asked to rethink higher education approaches
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Papal nuncio to Uganda, Archbishop Luigi Bianco has challenged catholic founded institutions to rethink their way of teaching and front an ‘integral education in a fragmented world, full of contradictions.’ The Papal nuncio says that challenges stirred by development and the evolution of technology …
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