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Church provides internet in northern Uganda, connects more than computers

Jan 6, 2018

The internet system in Uganda was born out of a basic need to communicate safe routes due to terror threats when the Lord's Resistance Army was rampant. Commercial investment is low, but the Catholic Church's network is still online and changing lives.

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Morning Briefing

by Heidi Schlumpf

Oct 17, 2017

NCR Today: Callista Gingrich confirmed as ambassador to Holy See; Pope Francis explains 'pastoral risk' of being direct in interviews; 35 new saints named; first-person stories from sisters in Uganda

For 20 million people, conflict added to drought means no food to eat

by Bronwen Dachs, Catholic News Service

Aug 20, 2017

Conflict and drought are threatening more than 20 million people in four countries with the prospect of famine, and the U.N. has called this the largest humanitarian crisis since the world body was formed.

Frank Mugisha tells New Ways Ministry of human rights fight

by Patricia Lefevere

May 5, 2017

Chicago -- A gay Ugandan who has led the resistance to his country's anti-homosexuality laws, Mugisha addressed American LGBT Catholics and their supporters at a recent symposium.

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Church provides internet in northern Uganda, connects more than computers

Morning Briefing

For 20 million people, conflict added to drought means no food to eat

Frank Mugisha tells New Ways Ministry of human rights fight

Lutheran refugee agency is 'cautiously hopeful' following blocked immigration order

Parish provides rechargeable solar lamps to its Ugandan 'twin'

World Food Prize winners receiving award for efforts to biofortify foods

Pope's quotes: Possible with prayer

Landmark Vatican conference rejects just war theory, asks for encyclical on nonviolence

Mercy, globetrotting and our global home: recapping Francis' third year as pope

Morning Briefing

Francis praises Uganda’s welcoming of refugees, calls Africa world’s hope

Major changes coming for Roman Curia

Francis' Africa trip a visit to those 'most suffering,' push for peace

Ethiopian cardinal: Synod should highlight mercy, not condemnation

How faith is lived: Website offers window into Catholicism around the world

Interfaith coffee cooperative exports more than just beans

Morning Briefing

Microfinance, savings groups seed success for Uganda farmers

Sisters in Uganda use agriculture to generate income to sustain ministry projects

African tradition blends with religion to illuminate path to forgiveness

Morning Briefing

In Uganda, an opportunity for Pope Francis to act on his words

Ugandan priest witnesses great suffering among South Sudanese refugees

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