The Catholic Church is seeking guidance from the government about the nature of this year’s Martyrs’ day celebrations. The annual celebrations are in honor of 45 young men who converted to Christianity between 1885 and 1887 to the annoyance of the then Kabaka Mwanga II of Buganda, who ordered that they are burnt to death.…
The fallen Kampala Archbishop Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga will be laid to rest on Thursday, April 8, 2021 near Rubaga Cathedral, according to the tentative programme released by Catholic Church on Easter Sunday. According to a tentative program, the official mourning for the deceased starts today (Monday) with a mass at 10 am at Rubaga…
The Archbishop of Kampala Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has asked government officials to desist from grabbing the Church’s land. Speaking at the 54th anniversary of the Kampala Archdiocese held on Sunday at Rubaga Cathedral, Lwanga said that past governments had given land to the Catholic Church and ensured that it is protected from grabbers. Without…
Kampala Archbishop Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has written a damning letter to President Yoweri Museveni accusing the Lead Counsel to the Land Commission of Inquiry of trying to steal Catholic Church funds. In his letter dated May 21, 2020, Dr. Lwanga narrates how Counsel Ebert Byenkya, who was part of President Museveni’s legal team in…
