SECAM; Pope Francis won’t visit Uganda

By Ben Musanje

21^st Feb 2019

Catholic Church in Uganda has announced that Pope Francis won’t attend the celebrations of the Golden Jubilee of the Symposium of Episcopal Conference of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).

The Office of the President has confirmed this on Thursday after SECAM which is an umbrella for African Bishops together with the Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC), the assembly of Catholic Bishops in the country invited Pope Francis through President Museveni, to visit Uganda again in July this year to grace the climax of these celebrations.

However, Msgr. John Baptist Kauta, the UEC Secretary General confirmed to have received information from the President’s office indicating that His Holiness won’t make it to Uganda though the program for the celebrations will proceed as scheduled.

The opening Mass for the climax of the celebration is expected on July 23, 2019 at Lubaga Cathedral and the closing Mass will be on July 28, this year at Uganda Martyrs Catholic Shrine Namugongo under the theme; Church, Family of God in Africa, celebrate your Jubuilee! Proclaim Meet and Welcome Christ your Savior.”

The association was officially launched on July 29, 1969 at Lubaga Cathedral by His Holiness Pope Paul VI in July 1969, which was the first-ever visit of a Pope to Africa.

50^th SECAM anniversary celebrations were launched on July 29, 2018 at Lubaga Cathedral.