Tuesday, 09 September 2014 22:27
It is almost official. The Holy Father is on the brink of making a historic visit to the land of the Uganda Martyrs.
According to the Archbishop of Kampala
Archdiocese, Dr Cyprian Lwanga while officiating at the consecration and
inauguration of St Charles Lwanga Parish Ntinda, the Pope has finally
given a nod to coming to Uganda next year.
He told the congregation that the Holy
Father could not make it to Uganda this year because of his busy
schedule. However, after several high level meetings between the
leadership of the Catholic Church in Uganda and the Vatican, the Pope’s
visit to Uganda is almost a foregone conclusion.
Archbishop Lwanga will soon be
travelling to the Holy See to hammer out the final details in regard to
the visit. We have also learnt that a powerful delegation of top Ugandan
politicians is also slated to visit the Vatican as a way of
concretising the papal visit. A source close to the top leadership of
the Catholic Church in Uganda reveals the anticipated visit preparations
are now almost at 90% success.
More high level information indicates
the Holy Father is likely to be in Uganda at next year’s June 3 Uganda
Martyrs celebrations. This will be his first visit to the African
continent since assuming Papacy last year. It is against this background
that the leadership of the Catholic Church is now in high gear to
quickly redevelop the martyrs’ shrine at Namugongo.
Insider sources indicate that the Pope
is sending an advance team of Missionaries of Africa priests to oversee
the redevelopment of Namugongo shrine so that everything0rch tradition
and doctrine. The redevelopment is estimated to cost Shs 36bn.
The Church has asked every willing and
able Ugandan to contribute a minimum of only Shs1,000 per month. Work
has already started.
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