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Zimbabwe: Police Accused of Beating Up Churchgoers

State sponsored violence against members of the Anglican Church reached new levels over the weekend as police in different parts of Harare gatecrashed church services and beat up parishioners loyal to new bishop Sebastian Bakare.

  SW Radio
Zimbabwe: SA Religious Groups Voice Concern Over Violence

The Presidential Religious Working Group and President Thabo Mbeki have noted with concern the current violence in Zimbabwe.

  BuaNews
Uganda: Does Purgatory Exist? [opinion]

PURGATORY is defined by The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) as "purification after death, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven".

  New Vision
Uganda: Catholics Jubilate Over Bayiga Win, Aim Higher

Besides boosting the opposition side in the House by one seat, the recent victory of acting Democratic Party (DP) Secretary General Dr. Phillip Michael Lulume Bayiga in the Buikwe South by-election has raised a lot of excitement among certain big people in the Catholic Church, who have been mourning the loss of their party to the Anglican Church. The current party president, John Ssebaana Kizito, ...

  New Vision
Uganda: Police Hunt for City Pastor

THE Police are looking for Pastor William Muwanguzi of the Holy Fire Ministries in Namulanda, a church on Entebbe Road

  New Vision
Rwanda: The Relevance of the Feast of Pentecost

On Ash Wednesday, Christians begin the annual celebration of the paschal mystery which reaches its peak on the feast of Pentecost.

  New Times
Tanzania: Church Deacon Commits Suicide

The adage "when the going gets tough, the tough keep going" could probably not ring a bell to a deacon of the Ilboru Evangelical Lutheran Church who on May 2 reportedly committed suicide leaving a message saying, "enough is enough".

  Arusha Times
Uganda: Museveni Briefed On Islamic Conference

PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has met the committee organising the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC).

  New Vision
Uganda: Attending Church Via TV

A CHOIR member once quit the team and stopped going to church. When her pastor stumbled upon her and asked her why she quit, she said: "To be safe from gossip, I now follow the church's programme on Lighthouse Television."

  New Vision
Nigeria: Put Your House in Order, Bishop Warns PDP Leaders

A gathering of political leaders from all over the country for the burial of the mother of Ogun State governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel in Omu- Ijebu yesterday provided an opportunity for the officiating clergy, Most Revd. Ayo Ladigbolu, Bishop of the Methodist Church of Nigeria to warn leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which controls the federal government and 27 state governments.

  This Day
Rwanda: The Catholic Church-Assisted Genocide As It Began in 1959 - Part Two

Like many Rwandans - upwards of sixty per cent before the 1994 genocide - I was brought up Catholic. As a child I looked forward to going to mass. Going to Church was like an outing for the entire family.

  New Times
Tanzania: Catholic Church Warns Against Ignoring Pemba

The Catholic Church yesterday called for the speeding up of efforts to solve the political crisis in Zanzibar as a means to stem the increasing secession talk by some Pemba elders.

  The Citizen
Kenya: Terrorist Sect Receives Rare Backing By Church Leaders

A section of senior church leaders from central Kenya wants the government to sit down for talks with Mungiki, a banned ultra-traditionalist tribal sect dreaded for bizarre murders, extortion and a campaign to impose circumcision and a strict dress code on women.

  CISA
Kenya: Talk to Mungiki, Clerics Plead

A group of Christian religious leaders, including John Cardinal Njue, on Thursday told the government to hold talks with the outlawed Mungiki sect.

  Nation
Zimbabwe: Is the Dictator a Genuine Option for a Christian? [opinion]

Should the Church tell people how to vote? Or leave it to the individual conscience? Even the wrongly informed conscience, misled by a sustained campaign of false propaganda and lies as in Zimbabwe? Put plainly: Is the dictator and his party still a genuine option for a Christian?

  CISA
Kenya: Survey Finds Secret Polygamy On the Rise, But Catholics Differ

Formal and informal polygamy remains widespread in Kenya, according to a recent survey, but Catholic lay leaders said sacramental marriage was still intact in the mostly Christian nation.

  CISA
Uganda: Date Set for Organization of Islamic Conference Event

The 35th Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) will be held here between June 18-20, attended by foreign ministers and businesspeople from Muslim countries.

  CISA
Ethiopia: Thousands Attend End of National Eucharistic Congress

Some 3,000 people attended the closure of the National Eucharistic Congress with Cardinal Ivan Dias, Special Envoy of the Holy Father, who later proceeded to Djibouti.

  CISA
Tanzania: Two Catholic Nuns Among 15 Killed in Road Accident

Two Catholic sisters were among 15 people who died when a bus and a truck collided on Friday morning.

  CISA
Uganda: Anglican Church Names Two New Bishops

The Church of Uganda House of Bishops has appointed the Rev. Can. Samuel Kaziimba bishop of Mityana Diocese, while the Rev. canon Patrick Gidudu is for Mbale.

  New Vision
Rwanda: Prosecution Orders Test of Pastor's DNA

The Office of the Prosecutor General is to carry out DNA test to ascertain whether a city Pastor, Luis Empo Mbayi, fathered the baby of a 16-year old girl.

  New Times
Namibia: CCN and Govt Enter Partnership

The Council of Churches in Namibia will enter into partnership with the Government. The church body made this resolution at its annual general meeting recently.

  New Era
Namibia: Church Leaders Tackle Council Over Shebeens

CHURCH leaders at Rehoboth hold the Town Council accountable for the mushrooming of illegal shebeens at the town's Block E residential area.

  Namibian
Nigeria: Ali's House - I'm a True Muslim, Not a Gang Leader-Modibbo

MINISTER of the Federal Capital Territory Administration {FCTA}, Dr. Aliyu Modibbo Umar has urged the former Minister of the FCTA, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai to exhibit the tenets of a good Moslem, rather than lie and deceive Nigerians having sworn to an oath with the holy Quran.

  Vanguard
Uganda: Chris Tomlin Coming to Town

Multiple award winning Christian worship artiste Chris Tomlin will be in Kampala at the end of May, according to the artiste's website christomlin.com. Tomlin will be part of the Passion Kampala concert that will be held at Makerere University on May 30 and 31.

  Monitor

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