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An Anglican priest who has been battling the church in court for the last two-and-a-half years for blocking his consecration as bishop of a diocese in eastern Uganda has resigned his office and joined a breakaway group.

The Ugandan Government has allowed international pilgrims to attend this year’s Martyrs Day celebrations on 3rd June after their involvement was barred for the past two years due to COVID-19.

The Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Uganda has used this year’s commemoration of the brutal murder of Archbishop Janani Luwum by dictator Idi Amin to condemn the use of torture and other human rights violations.

JOHN SEMAKULA reports on how the Anglican Churchs ban on allowing expectant girls to attend schools has put them at odds with government policy and sparked a heated debate in the country...

In a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, Paul Glader and John Semakula named at least part of the damage done to the church by Covid-19: Last year

Kampala, Uganda After more than a year of COVID-19 battering the world, the end of the pandemic seems no-where in sight. At least that is what the resurgence of the disease in many countries seems to suggest. As such, many Christian missionaries and aid organisations in Uganda have been forced to revise workplans to suit the new normal within their operations.  Since its creation in 2001, Children in Need (CHIN), a community-based organisation located in Mukono district, central Uganda, has pr...

Former Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda confesses to adultery, apologises Kampala, Uganda The retired Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda, the Rt Rev Stanley Ntagali, has publicly confessed to committing adultery with a married woman and asked the Lord, the church and Ugandans to forgive him. “I gave my life to Jesus Christ as a young man on the Christmas eve of 1974. I still love Jesus Christ because He has loved me and I would love to serve him for all the years. Sadly,...