More cows, fewer AK-47s
The Karamoja region in north-eastern Uganda is plagued by lawlessness, disease and conflicts between armed tribes which routinely carry out raids on their rivals’ cattle herds. White Fathers missionary...
View ArticleCardinal Turkson criticises Uganda’s anti-gay law
Cardinal Peter Turkson has criticised Uganda’s anti-gay law and called for the severe penalties it legislates for to be repealed. According to reports, Cardinal Turkson of Ghana, president of the...
View ArticleThe influential Catholic whose love is boundless
I love lists for some reason, and so fell delightedly on the current edition of Time magazine, which is devoted to a list of the 100 most influential people in the world. On the cover is Beyoncé, the...
View ArticleToday’s Catholic must-reads: 10/09/14
The Church is “a Mother who teaches us the works of mercy“, Francis said at this morning’s general audience (full text, short video, full video). The Pope has named two American priests to senior...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 22/06/15
Francis prayed before the Turin Shroud on Sunday at the start of his two-day visit to the Italian city (short video, full video, official programme). The “great powers” did nothing when they received...
View ArticleSister who aids Ugandan women urges media not to ‘sugarcoat evil’
A Ugandan religious sister who looks after victims of the Lord’s Resistance Army, a notorious rebel group, has called on the media not to “sugarcoat evil”. During a Catholic Media Conference in...
View ArticleVatican confirms papal visit to three African countries
The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis will visit three African countries in November. The papal visit, the Pontiff’s first to the continent, will include trips to Kenya, Uganda and Central...
View ArticleUgandan bishops ask Catholics to prepare spiritually for the Pope’s visit
The Ugandan bishops have called on Catholics to prepare spiritually for Pope Francis’s November 27-29 visit to their country. “The nature of this visit is primarily pastoral and spiritual,” the bishops...
View ArticlePope Francis in Africa: full schedule
Pope Francis begins his five-day visit to Africa on November 25. During the papal visit, the Holy Father will spend time in Kenya, Uganda and Central African Republic. The full schedule (local times)...
View ArticleWhat Africa can teach Francis
Very soon Pope Francis will be in Africa, visiting Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic. This will be the first time Pope Francis has ever been to the continent, and it may well be a...
View ArticlePope wants to bring ‘consolation and hope’ to Central African Republic
Pope Francis has sent a video message to the people of the Central African Republic, which he will visit from November 29-30 as part of a three-country tour of Africa. In the message, Pope Francis told...
View ArticleTwo million expected at Uganda Martyrs Shrine for Pope’s visit
More than two million people are expected to converge near a shrine in the Ugandan capital where Pope Francis will celebrate Mass on Saturday, a Church official in the country has said. The shrine is...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 26/11/15
Police have searched a financial broker’s home in connection with a suspected €20m ($21.2m, £14m) fraud against the Franciscan order. Ugandan gay rights activists are seeking a private audience with...
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Honour your martyrs by putting faith into action, Pope tells Ugandans
As Pope Francis encouraged Ugandan Christians to draw inspiration from the 19th-century Ugandan Martyrs, he carried with him graphic images of the horrors the 45 Anglican and Catholic martyrs endured....
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 02/12/15
The health of Mother Angelica, the 92-year founder of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), is reportedly declining. Bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo have urged citizens to resist any...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 16/06/16
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I has arrived in Crete ahead of the Pan-Orthodox Council. Burmese Cardinal Charles Bo has issued an impassioned call for peace in Kachin State. Restoration work on the...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 25/04/17
Pope Francis will visit the graves of two “anti-establishment” Italian priests in June (John Allen). The proportion of Ugandans who are Catholic is reportedly declining. Cardinal Gerhard Müller says...
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