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  • Will married Catholic priests be a blessing or a blunder? 30 Nov 2009 21:45 GMT
    ... Anglican bishops who want to join the Catholic Church ( , November 13). We hear ... their own bishop), with its own clergy, religious orders and laity. This kind of amendment ... even more intricate. Taking the example of Uganda, where the norm is that a candidate ...

  • If Uganda Executes Gays, Will American Christians be Complicit? 1 Dec 2009 10:53 GMT
    ... A bill currently before the Ugandan Parliament sounds like an absurdist scenario from ... the links between the proposal and American Christians who have at times been rousing cheerleaders ... In a Nov. 27 , a conservative Catholic Web site, Lively again blamed gay men in ...

  • Uganda's Born Again pastors have promoted witchcraft 28 Nov 2009 21:10 GMT
    ... Uganda’s Born Again pastors have promoted witchcraft Contributing ... their gods and to magic. In mainstream Christianity, God’s direct intervention in the human drama ... also runs through the other two Abrahamic religions; Judaism and Islam, albeit involving the blood ...

  • Christians condemn Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill 23 Nov 2009 06:59 GMT
    ... to the “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” recently proposed in Uganda, which would introduce the death penalty for ... on the issue, According to Ekklesia, a religion and society think-tank based in the United Kingdom. ... bill in public and to urge Ugandan Christians to oppose it”. While several Christian leaders ...

  • URC condemns Ugandan anti-homosexuality legislation 26 Nov 2009 16:14 GMT
    ... at the “draconian” measures being proposed in Uganda’s anti-homosexuality Bill. The Bill proposes life imprisonment ... advocates, it has won some support from Christians in Uganda. The Anglican Church of Uganda ... rights advocates in Western countries. He said: “Christianity in Africa is under attack by Gays ...

  • 4,000 Anglican Priests to Join Catholics 23 Nov 2009 10:33 GMT
    ... married ones, are expected to join the Catholic Church, Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya announced on Friday. Ssekamanya, ... Ssekamanya, who doubles as the chancellor of Uganda Martyrs University, said this does not mean that ...

  • A Catholic Answer to AIDS in Africa 27 Nov 2009 21:42 GMT
    ... BUSHENYI, Uganda — Married with three children, Edith and Deogratius ... all too common in Africa — the Catholic couple was in grave risk of catching the ... is rampant in marriage, even among professed Christians. “Anyone who lives in Africa understands the ...

  • House of Deputies president condemns proposed Uganda anti-homosexuality legislation 1 Dec 2009 00:04 GMT
    ... House of Deputies president condemns proposed Uganda anti-homosexuality legislation Integrity USA, Canadian bishops also call ... rights of an already persecuted minority," Episcopal Church House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson has ... to the voice and experience of homosexual Christians," the Canadian bishops said. "We recall that ...

  • Int'l Pressure on Uganda to Accept Homosexuality Caused Over-the-Top Sanctions: Christian Activist 27 Nov 2009 23:56 GMT
    ... a proposed and much-criticized anti-homosexuality law in Uganda is definitely too harsh, the law comes ... The goal is to protect the "legal, religious, and traditional family values of the people ... to three years in jail. While the Catholic leadership in the nation has not yet ...

  • Make Kids Love God, Clergy Told 25 Nov 2009 18:12 GMT
    ... Kampala — Churches should embrace conditions that will encourage children ... a special place in the history of Uganda. He also said he was happy with the Christians of Rutooma for their effort to build ...

  • AFRICA/CONGO DR - I found a church eager to continue the work of missionaries and to contribute to human development," Fr. Magrin tells Fides, after visit to Kisangani 28 Nov 2009 12:50 GMT
    ... AFRICA/CONGO DR - I found a church eager to continue the work of missionaries ... the violent clashes in 1999 between the Ugandan and Rwandan troops over control of gold ... the White Fathers. As experts of the Islamic world, they were the ones sent to ...

  • Executive Council members call for special meeting on Uganda legislation 23 Nov 2009 23:14 GMT
    ... Council members call for special meeting on Uganda legislation A teleconference meeting of the Episcopal Church's Executive Council will take place on Dec. ... bishops, and has been considered carefully and prayerfully," Breuer said. She added that she hoped ...

  • President extends 'best wishes' to participants of Islamic celebration 26 Nov 2009 08:39 GMT
    ... – confirmed that she would attend the religious event. Obama's grandmother, known locally as "Mama Sarah," ... in Kogelo, a tiny village near the Ugandan border. She was in Washington, D.C., in ... the Hajj, one of five "pillars" of Islam required by all able-bodied Muslims once in ...

  • Uganda considers death sentence for gay sex in bill before parliament 29 Nov 2009 20:51 GMT
    ... November 2009 20.28 GMT As a gay Ugandan, Frank Mugisha has endured insults from strangers, ... an affront both to local culture and religion, which plays a strong role in family ... have been heavily influenced by the evangelical church with a bias towards abstinence over condom ...

  • Uganda considers death term for gay sex 29 Nov 2009 23:12 GMT
    ... November 2009 20.28 GMT As a gay Ugandan, Frank Mugisha has endured insults from strangers, ... an affront both to local culture and religion, which plays a strong role in family ... have been heavily influenced by the evangelical church with a bias towards abstinence over condom ...


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