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Anglican head Welby appeals to Archbishop Kazimba on gays

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has written to the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Kazimba Mugalu urging him to reconsider support for the recently enacted anti-homosexuality law. Welby who is the leader of the Church of England and ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican …

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Anglican amphitheatre nears completion

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of the 13.1 billion Shillings amphitheater at the Anglican Martyrs Shrine in Namugongo is near completion ahead of the Martyrs’ Day celebrations slated for 3 June 2023. Construction of the infrastructure, circular in design, started in June 2021 with partial funding from well-wishers …

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Six priests vie for election as Bishop of Luwero diocese

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least six priests have made it to the list of candidates for the position of Bishop for Luwero Anglican Diocese. This comes ahead of the retirement of the current Bishop Reverend Eridard Nsubuga Kironde in July this year after clocking the mandatory 65 years …

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Nkoyoyo rests at Namugongo Martrys Shrine

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Archbishop of Church of Uganda Dr. Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo has been laid to rest by thousands at the Anglican shrine of the Uganda Martyrs at Namugongo. As was his wish, Nkoyoyo was buried in as simple a grave as possible, at a site that he …

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Church of England welcomes first openly gay bishop

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  A British bishop has become the first in the Church of England — the mother church of the worldwide Anglican faith — to announce he is homosexual, in an interview published Saturday. Nicholas Chamberlain, the Bishop of Grantham in central England, told the Guardian …

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