Christians have filled churches to full capacity to celebrate Easter Sunday the day marking the end of the Lent Season.
Easter comes after 40 days of prayer, fasting and alms giving the three pillars of lent season that emphasizes individual conversation especially to the Christians; Catholics, Anglicans and Orthodox and in Uganda they come together under the umbrella body the Uganda Joint Christ Counsel UJCC.
The Holy Eucharistic Easter celebration for the resurrection of the Lord at St. Mary’s Cathedral Lubaga has been led by His Grace Paul Ssemogerere the Archbishop of Kampala has appealed to Ugandans to use this Easter season to strive for peace and reconciliation.
He says many were traumatized, injured, tortured and others remain incarcerated all due to the recent general elections, however like Pope Leo XIV implored the Catholic Bishops of Uganda during their Ad Limina, Uganda visit, a country full of vigor and charisma in faith, with high numbers of young people let the country work for peace and reconciliation.
Total conversion for all people is the demand God requires from each one of us, citing a 39-year-old man Christopher Okello Onyum, who on Thursday 2nd April descended on innocent children at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre and brutally killed four toddlers.
The deceased were identified as Keisha Alungat, Gideon Oteko, Odeka Ryan, and Ignitious Seruyange, all aged between one and two-and-a-half years.
Archbishop Ssemogerere condemned a number of vices among others immorality, corruption, greed, lack of respect for one another, indecency, bad driving on the roads especially by the boda boda riders, while others go on the road under the influence of alcohol that cost lives of many Ugandans.
On their Ad Limina visit to the Pope in Rome that was done from 14th to 22nd March 2026, He reported that Pope Leo XIV was happy about the growth of the Catholic Church and Faith and support for one another which achievements should be jealously protected.
The mass was attended by among others dignitaries the Katikiiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga, and State Minister for Higher Education John Chrysostom Muyingo.
By Jjunju Francis
05th April 2026
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