Katoosa Pilgrimage 2025: Foot pilgrims Embark in Novena Journey, Set to Start Trekking on January 24
Alice Foot pilgrims from the Fort Portal Catholic Diocese have yesterday commenced their Novena in preparation for the upcoming Katoosa celebrations. Every year on January 27, the Diocese commemorates St. Adolf Tibeyalirwa at the Katoosa Catholic Martyrs Shrine, located in Katoosa Parish, Kyenjonjo District, where thousands from far and wide gather to seek the […]
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Tooro Kingdom Pardons Religious Leader Who Disrespected Kingdom Official
AliceKobusinge Tooro Kingdom has officially pardoned Pastor Ogola Churchhill, leader of Zoe Ministry in Kiisenyi, after he issued a public apology for insulting Omujweri Omusuga Kamurasi. The controversy On January 6th, during a vigil service at their church for the late Kigambo Moses Araali, a Tooro music icon who belonged to the Zoe Celebrations Ministries […]
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Fort Portal: MMU Expands to Meet Uganda’s Growing Educational and Economic Needs
EDITORIAL Mountains of the Moon University (MMU), based in Fort Portal, has embarked on expanding its academic offerings to better address Uganda’s pressing needs. The university is establishing a School of Tourism, Hospitality, and Hotel Management to support the growing hospitality industry both locally and nationally. This expansion will increase the number of faculties to […]
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2025 Polls: Fort Portal Returning Officers Warned Against Corruption
Alice K As Uganda approaches the 2025/2026 general elections, Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, has condemned the corrupt practices of some Returning Officers. In a message delivered by Mucunguzi Julius, the Electoral Commission’s Public Relations Officer, during the Mid-West Region stakeholders’ workshop in Fort Portal City, Byabakama accused certain Returning […]
Continue ReadingOver 20 couples United in Holy Matrimony at CANA Week Mass Weddings
Claire N Couples from the CANA Movement, a Catholic family-based initiative in the Fort Portal Diocese, have successfully completed their week-long annual workshop across the Virika, Kamwenge, and Katoosa Deaneries. The CANA Week concluded on Saturday January 11 2025, with Mass weddings held in the respective deaneries, where over 20 couples were united in Holy […]
Continue ReadingKamwenge Residents Encouraged to Embrace Commercial Agriculture for Economic Growth
Clare Residents of Kamwenge have been encouraged to invest in high-value productive cash crops, such as coffee, to succeed in economic agriculture and improve their income for family sustainability. The call was yesterday made by Bishop Robert Muhiirwa Akiiki of Fort Portal Catholic Diocese on Friday during his visit to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee […]
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Fort Portal Diocese Gears Up for Historic Re-Dedication of Virika Cathedral
Claire Preparatory meetings have begun in the Diocese of Fort Portal in anticipation of the official re-opening and re-dedication of the newly renovated Our Lady of Snows Virika Cathedral. Msgr. Isaiah Mayombo Adyeri, Chairperson of the Organizing Committee and Vicar General of the Diocese, stated that the re-dedication of the Virika Cathedral on March 2, […]
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Fort Portal Diocese Kicks Off Jubilee Year of Hope Amid Family Reflections
Clare The Bishop of Fort Portal Catholic Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dr. Robert Muhiirwa Akiiki, has inaugurated the Jubilee Year of Hope with a solemn ceremony that included the opening of the Holy Door at Bukwali Parish in Fort Portal City. The Holy Door The decision to hold the event at Bukwali Parish, was influenced by […]
Continue ReadingBishop Muhiirwa to Inaugurate Jubilee Year in Fort Portal with Special Mass at Bukwali Parish
Clare The Bishop of Fort Portal Catholic Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dr. Robert K. Muhiirwa Akiiki, is set to officially open the Jubilee Year in the Diocese tomorrow, December 29, 2024, at Bukwali Parish in Fort Portal City. In his address yesterday at Bishop’s Day, Bishop Muhiirwa explained that following Pope Francis’s historic opening of […]
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