Uganda Postpones Martyrs’ Day Celebrations Over Ebola Fears
Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni said the decision follows consultations with key stakeholders in the east African nation.
Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni said the decision follows consultations with key stakeholders in the east African nation.
In response to his disappearance, the bishop directed special prayers, including a Rosary Triduum, calling on the people of God in his diocese to pray.
The selection of Bishop-elect Simon Peter Engurait’s to head the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux highlights the presence of the tight-knit East African community in the Church in the US.
The Red Cross is on the ground assisting victims of the Uganda disaster, with emergency shelter tents erected yesterday to accommodate the displaced families.
Catholic organizations are in conflict again with the Biden Administration over abortion. The US Bishops and other Catholic groups have filed a lawsuit against a federal agency for forcing them to include time off for pregnant workers who have an abortion. Daniel Blomberg, vice president and senior counsel for Becket explains. Then Jonathan Liedl reports Uganda where 4 million people gathered for mass for the feast day of St. Charles Lwanga and companions.
The wine that is used in the liturgy must be natural, from the fruit of the grape, pure and incorrupt, and not mixed with other substances.
Bishop Kibira added that the prayers, which started on June 19, were also for the ‘restoration of peace’ in the Ugandan region following the attack.
After priests in Uganda take part in an online class on St. Joseph, an unlikely friendship forms from across the globe.
Both Campbell and Father Okiria said that the experience of connecting with one another despite the vast distance and cultural differences has illustrated for them the universality of the Catholic faith.
“I sit and let the love of God come to me.”
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