Ugandan law widens Anglican Church rift over LGBTQ rights
Kigali, Rwanda Reuters The chair of a conservative group of Anglican church leaders on Wednesday accused the church’s global head of perpetuating colonialism with his criticism of one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, introduced by Uganda last month. Justin Welby, the head of the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion’s 85 million […]
Archbishop of Canterbury urges Ugandan Anglicans to reject anti-gay law
London, UKReuters The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the Anglican Church of Uganda to reject the country’s new anti-LGBT law, saying there is no justification for Anglicans anywhere to support legislation that goes against the Christian teachings of the Gospel. Under the law, approved by President Yoweri Museveni in May, gay sex is punishable by […]
Anglican Church of Uganda intensifies mentorship for boys to fight gender-based violence and disparity
Kampala, Uganda The Anglican Church of Uganda will intensify its mentorship program for boys in a bid to fight gender-based violence and gender disparity. The Archbishop of the Anglican Church, Dr Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, observed that while girls are mentored on how to treat men in Africa, boys are, on the other hand, left on […]