US President Donald Trump has attracted criticism from some Catholics after posting an AI-generated image of himself as the Pope.The picture, which was shared by official White House social media accounts, comes as Catholics mourn the death of Pope Francis, who died on April 21, and prepar
BBC | Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the Church to this day.Their papacies were in the era of the Roman Empire, which stretched across modern-day Tunisia, the north-east of Algeria and
The Vatican is bracing for a pivotal moment in the history of the Roman Catholic Church, as the conclave to elect a new Pope will begin on May 7.This announcement was made by the Holy See Press Office, following a decision by the Cardinals present in Rome during their fifth General Congreg
KAMPALA | United States President Joe Biden and Speaker of Parliament Anita Among shared a moment of rare cordiality at the Vatican, where they attended the funeral rites for Pope Francis.The meeting, captured in photographs showing the two smiling warmly for the camera, came against a bac
BBC | Lashed by an off-season typhoon, Pope Francis stepped out on a rain-soaked makeshift stage in front of hundreds of thousands of weeping pilgrims in the central Philippines.Organisers had warned him to cancel the 2015 open air mass in Tacloban as the weather had worse
Ambassador Bernadette Olowo-Freers still remembers the day—January 24, 1975—when she walked into the Vatican to present her credentials as Uganda’s envoy.It was a moment that shattered nine centuries of male-only papal diplomacy.“It was humbling,” she told the Nile Post in
President Museveni has paid tribute to the late Pope Francis, describing him as an extraordinary spiritual leader whose legacy of compassion, humility, and interfaith unity will endure for generations.In an official message of condolence addressed to Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Se
Following the death of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church is preparing for one of its most sacred and time-honoured rituals — the election of a new pontiff.Out of the current 252 cardinals worldwide, only 138 who are under the age of 80 will converge at the Vatican to participate in the p
The Papal Nuncio to Uganda, Archbishop Luigi Bianco, has officially communicated the death of a prince of the Catholic Church to the Archbishop of Kampala, Paul Ssemwogerere, and to the entire Catholic community in Uganda.In a solemn message, the nuncio relayed that Pope Francis, at exactl
Uganda has joined the global Catholic community in mourning the death of His Holiness Pope Francis, describing him as a unifying and compassionate spiritual leader whose legacy will live on in the hearts of Ugandans.In an official statement on Monday, the Minister of ICT and National Guida
