Kampala, 04 April, 2022 / 8:55 pm (ACI Africa).
The Local Ordinary of Uganda’s Kampala Archdiocese has remembered his immediate predecessor who died in April last year as one who stood up for the rights of the “downtrodden” and “spoke truth to power.”
Archbishop Cyprian Kitizo Lwanga reportedly succumbed to a heart attack hours after giving the homily during an ecumenical Way of the Cross on Good Friday last year, 2 April 2021.
In his homily at the Holy Mass to commemorate the first anniversary of his predecessor's demise, Archbishop Paul Ssemogerere said the late Catholic Church leader manifested the image of Christ the Good Shepherd.
“Despite the suffering he endured in carrying out his responsibilities, he did not abandon the flock. He did not flee for fear of the wolves. He defended the flock with all his might and resources at his disposal,” Archbishop Ssemogerere said Sunday, April 3.
The Local Ordinary of Kampala Archdiocese said that his immediate predecessor who passed on at the age of 68 "was uncompromising in standing for and defending the truth, and he spoke truth to power."
