The Papal nuncio to Uganda, Archbishop Luigi Bianco (L)
By Stanley Ebele. With Uganda Martyrs Day on June 3rd fast approaching, the North Karamoja Diocese is in high gear preparing its faithful for the annual pilgrimage to Namugongo Martyrs Shrine in Kampala. The Diocese has already initiated a comprehensive registration drive…
By Prosper Gibolo As Uganda prepares for upcoming elections, religious leaders are calling upon voters to exercise discernment and prioritize integrity and community service when choosing their representatives. Fr. Daniel Nabuya, the Vicar General of Kotido Catholic Diocese, implored the electorate to…
VATICAN: The newly elected pontiff Leo XIV has called on the Catholic Church to “desperately” counter a lack of faith in his first mass at the Vatican while congratulatory messages poured in for making history as the first American-born pontiff. The 69-year-old former Prevost was…
By Alexander Okori and Edward Eninu The election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, has enlisted a sequence of rejoinders across the world, including in Kenya and Tanzania, with many recalling events of his recent visits. Moments…
VATICAN: Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States has been selected as the next pope, the first American pontiff in history and he will be called Pope Leo XIV. There were 133 voting cardinals and any one of them needed two-thirds of the vote…
Cardinal Giovannin Angelo Becciu is an Italian prelate and former deputy secretary of state at the Vatican who in 2023 was sentenced to several years in prison on embezzlement charges pending the results of an appeal. He is not eligible to take part…
On May 7, when over 130 cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel to vote for the next pope, one Cardinal Angelo Becciu cardinal will be left out in the cold. Becciu, a former power player before his involvement in a Vatican financial scandal…