Tag Archives: Religion

VIDEO: Local leaders in the restive Kasese district have demanded sincerity and truth if the region is to reconcile and heal from the recent attack on the palace of the Mumbere that left dozens of his guards dead. The leaders made the demands in a meeting with the Inter Religious Council …

Kibeho, Rwanda | AFP | Christian pilgrims gather each year in their thousands in the southern Rwandan hill town of Kibeho, some hopeful of miracles where three schoolgirls said the Virgin Mary came to them. A service held Monday in the small, isolated town marked the 35th anniversary of the …

Vatican City, Holy See | AFP |  Pope Francis on Wednesday issued a call for “responsible behaviour” to prevent the spread of AIDS without specifying whether that included wearing condoms. The pontiff also issued a fresh call for every sufferer, no matter how poor, to have access to treatment. In …

VIDEO: Police in Masaka have re- arrested the embattled pastor William Muwanguzi commonly known as pastor Kiwede who escaped out of prison at Mutukula-Rakai district in October last year and found his way to Zimbabwe. He was first detained in Zimbabwe and extradited back to Uganda. Maxwell Ogwal, the Masaka …

Shiekh Haruna Jemba, a Muslim cleric who survived being murdered, on Thursday told the International Crimes Division Court that leadership wrangles among the Tabliq sect sparked off a series of killings across the country in 2014 and 2015. Shiekh Jemba, a lecturer of religion and peace at Makerere University, is …

Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | Pope Francis declared Monday that all priests would have the right permanently to forgive abortion, seen as a significant outreach by the Catholic Church to women. “I henceforth grant to all priests, in virtue of their ministry, the faculty to absolve those who …

Vatican City, Holy See | AFP |  Pope Francis prays every day for a sense of humour to help him as head of the Catholic Church, but beware of laughing at his jokes — he can’t abide flatterers. “A sense of humour is a gift I ask for everyday. Because …

Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | Pope Francis on Sunday brought to a close the Catholic Church’s “Year of Mercy,” shutting the Holy Door at Saint Peter’s after a year in which he raised Mother Teresa to sainthood and took in Syrian Muslim refugees. The Argentine pontiff, who says …

Vatican City, Holy See | AFP |  Pope Francis will create 17 new cardinals from across the globe Saturday in a time-honoured ceremony, elevating them to an elite body that advises and elects popes. Three of them are from the US, while others come from corners of the world where …

Dengfeng, China | AFP | The young martial arts pupils cartwheeled across a pitch, before football coach Sun Dawei ordered one to deliver him a kung fu kick to the stomach. “You see I avoid the kick like this,” Sun said, dodging out of harm’s way before grabbing his young …