“Details of the funeral will be announced later,” UEC members say, and implore in their April 3 statement, “May the soul of His Grace rest in eternal peace.”
On Good Friday, Archbishop Kizito Lwanga had taken part in the annual ecumenical Way of the Cross at Saint Paul's Church of God Cathedral, Namirembe, the oldest Cathedral in Uganda that is commonly referred to as Namirembe Cathedral, having been founded in 1890.
“Jesus died for you, he died for me, he died for all of humanity. I wish a very, very…successful Way of the Cross,” Archbishop Kizito Lwanga said at the beginning of the ecumenical Way of the Cross, April 2.
Reading from a booklet prepared for the Good Friday event, the late Ugandan Archbishop said, “Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the Way of the Cross is a journey, made in Holy Spirit, that divine fire, which burns in the heart of Jesus, and brought him to Calvary. This is journey well esteemed by the Church.”
The Church has retained the journey of the Way of the Cross, the Archbishop said in his introductory remarks, as “a living memory of the words and gestures of the final earthly days of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
The Church has retained the journey of the Way of the Cross, the Archbishop said in his introductory remarks, as “a living memory of the words and gestures of the final earthly days of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, who participated in the Good Friday ecumenical Way of the Cross alongside the late Archbishop has recalled their time together Friday, April 2.
“Just yesterday, we walked the Way of the Cross together, and it is a shock to all of us. His clear Gospel voice of advocacy for the poor and oppressed, his commitment to Christian unity, and justice for all will be dearly missed,” Archbishop Stephen Samuel Kaziimba of the Church of Uganda who hosted the annual event says in April 3 letter.
