Dispatches

On his last day in Uganda, he repeatedly urged Christians here to draw inspiration from their martyrs.

The pope noted that “the nation has been blessed in its people: its strong families, its young and its elderly.”

Pope Francis first hit out hard against “the dreadful injustice of urban exclusion” when he visited the one of the city’s many slums and, an hour later at a rally with young people, he slammed corruption and tribalism.

Pope Francis said he hopes this gathering “will achieve a global and transformational” agreement.

Pope Francis received an enthusiastic welcome when he stepped for the first time on African soil.

A short commercial, entitled “Just Pray” and made by the Church of England, is now banned by a leading movie theatre chain on the grounds that the script it uses, the words of the Lord’s Prayer, might be “offensive” to people of other faiths or of no faith.

Over two years of persisting disorder Father Bernard Kinvi has seen people at their worst during civil conflict in the Central African Republic mdash neighbors turning against neighbors the strong preying on the weak He has also embodied what people can be at their best during such tumultuous tim

He comes to bring a message of peace, reconciliation and dialogue.

Former Jesuit provincial for East Africa highlights the significance of Pope Francis’ trip to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic