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The June 5 news of the Episcopal appointment of Ugandan-born Mons. Simon Peter Engurait for the Catholic Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana in the U.S. reached his mother while at prayer, she has recalled.
Ugandan Catholics in the U.S. were focused on celebrating their patronal feast day last week when they received another cause for joy: Pope Leo XIV named one of their own to lead an American diocese.
Officers of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) have thwarted a planned suicide bombing during this year’s celebrations of Uganda Martyrs thanks to intelligence from a couple of days before the annual event that brings together millions of pilgrims, who travel from different countries to Kampala, the capital city of the East African nation.
There is a need to align formation of future Priests with the rapidly changing pastoral context of the modern world, Bishop Sanctus Lino Wanok of Uganda’s Catholic Diocese of Lira has said.
Pope Leo XIV has transferred Archbishop Luigi Bianco, who has been serving as Apostolic Nuncio in Uganda, to the Vatican diplomatic mission of Slovenia and Kosovo.
Members of the Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC) have acknowledged a decline in HIV infections and deaths related to the disease in the East African nation, attributing the drop to treatment and prevention services.
Greed is a primary factor in the environmental degradation in Uganda, Catholic Bishops in the East African nation have said.
Uganda’s Catholic Bishops are decrying moral decay in the East African nation, which they say is manifested in homicide that has extended to foetuses and the newly born babies.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala in Uganda is organizing a workshop to examine the milestones the Archdiocese has achieved since the unveiling of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter on care for our common home, Laudato Si’, about 10 years ago.
The Catholic Chaplain at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda is calling for “strict” adherence to preventive and control measures against viruses that spread Ebola disease after a patient passed on from it.
The Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala in Uganda has appealed to security officers in the East African country to stop intimidating and extorting money from Ugandans following reported cases of police brutality and harassment in the country.
Uganda’s President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has commended the Catholic Church for empowering youth to become “wealth creators”, an achievement he said is consistent with his government’s efforts to tackle socio-economic challenges in the East African nation.
Pope Francis has penned a letter congratulating the Archbishop emeritus of Uganda’s Gulu Catholic Archdiocese for his tireless peace-building efforts in the country’s Northern region that was engulfed in terror owing to the activities of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) between late 1880s and mid 1990s.
Archbishop John Baptist Odama has marked 50 years since he was ordained a Priest with a call to selfless service, a request for forgiveness for the wrongs he may have done, and an appeal for “clemency, especially to prisoners”, who have not been tried for years.
Every trip that Archbishop John Baptist Odama made to the bushes to meet members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) for peace negotiations during one of Uganda’s worst insurgencies was a major risk.
Catholic Journalists in Africa seeking to stay on top of technological advancements while helping promote good societal values are set to benefit from Artificial Intelligence (AI) training that has been slotted in the Pan-African Congress scheduled for August next year.
Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Constantine Rupiny, currently serving as the rector of the Uganda Martyrs National Major Seminary Alokolum in Gulu as the Local Ordinary of Nebbi Catholic Diocese.
In their mission to address complex societal challenges and reduce suffering, Catholic Sisters venture into places where no one else would dare to go, the Vicar General of Uganda’s Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala has said, noting that this selfless commitment makes women Religious the world’s most “unsung heroes”.
Archbishop Raphael p’Mony Wokorach of the Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu in Uganda has underscored the need to foster collaboration and togetherness between members of the Clergy, women and men Religious, and the Laity for the growth of the Metropolitan See.
Fr. Joseph Okwara wore his signature smile as he welcomed pilgrims who arrived in Uganda for the 2024 pilgrimage at Namugongo Shrine in the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala.