Year: 2009

The latest from Uganda

The Ugandan parliament unanimously passed a bill banning female genital mutilation, a traditional rite that has sparked an international outcry and is practiced in some African and Asian communities.

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Just what we all want for Christmas

The Joint Standing Committee of the Primates Meeting and the Anglican Consultative Council, which has been renamed the Joint Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion (which suggests that it may be about to attempt to exercise more power than it has) will consider the revised fourth section of the proposed Anglican Covenant when it meets next week in London.

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Wait for his coming

You are one of God’s people, of God’s family, a virgin among virgins; you light up your grace of body with your splendor of soul. More than others you can be compared to the Church. When you are in your room, then, at night, think always on Christ, and wait for his coming at every moment.

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Southern Sudan faces turmoil

“The CPA is on the brink of collapse due to the contentions over the referendum law, the demarcation of the 1 January 1956 borders, and violence recently perpetrated by other armed groups.”

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Vatican condemns anti-gay laws & violence

The Vatican issued a statement yesterday condemning state-sanctioned violence and discrimination, including imprisonment and the death penalty, against homosexual persons. While not mentioning Uganda by name, the Holy See has clearly condemned both the content and intent of that nation’s proposed legislation.

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