The Bishop of Fort Portal Diocese, Robert Muhiirwa Akiiki is bothered by the ever-rising unchristian practices at a time when Christianity has been spread nearly to every corner of the country.
Bishop Muhiirwa, who also doubles as the vice-chairperson of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, notes that 134 years ago young Christian converts denounced anti-Godly practices by paying a huge price with their lives when they were killed on the orders of Kabaka Mwanga two.
He said that currently, many Catholics are openly practicing witchcraft looking at it as a source of wealth and health yet the martyrs who were not rooted in faith as they were new converts renounced such sheer nonsenses and put their trust in Christ. Bishop Muhirwa on witchcraft 1…….
The Bishop also castigated the increasing sexual abuses like homosexuality, unfaithfulness in marriages, and the ever-growing cases of incest, which came to the fore during the COVID-19 induced lockdowns.
He noted that several martyrs praised the chastity and purity of their bodies with many giving up on having many wives while several denounced offering sexual advances to Kabaka Mwanga, who is said to have been a homosexual.
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Bishop Muhiirwa attacked fellow clergy whom he accused of giving up their Cardinal roles of caring and ministering to the faithful and focusing their mind on their personal projects. To him, if priests fail to do their duties, many believers will be lost to the aforementioned vice.
He also guided that there is a need to reignite the fire of Catholicism right from families and reawaken the lay apostolic movement right from schools to tap into the youngsters before they are swayed away by earthly things. Uganda’s Martyrs’ day holiday commemorates the late 19th-century martyrdom of 23 Anglican and 22 Catholic men who were put to death on the orders of then-King of Buganda Mwanga II for having converted to Christianity. It was celebrated under the theme “Baptized and sent to witness Christ with love and hope”. END.