Christians on pilgrimage in Rome

PIC: (L-R)Msgr Lawrence Ssemus, chaplain of MUBS, Fr Ignius Kimboowa the parish priest of Nagalama Parish in Lugazi diocese, Francis Kittaka the managing director of MTK Kampala, Archbishop of Kampala, Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga and Fr Barnabas Magezi of Masaka diocese in photo in Rome on Friday September 9, 2016. Photo/ Juliet Lukwago

Over 60 Ugandans led by the Archbishop of Kampala, Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, are in Rome, Italy and France for holy pilgrimage.

One of the pilgrims, Msgr Lawrence Ssemusu, the chaplain of Makerere University Business School (MUBS), confirmed to New Vision about the pilgrimage.

Ssemusu said the entourage consists of several priests, lay men and women from different diocese including Lugazi, Kiyinda-Mityana, Mbarara Archdiocese and Catholic communities Kampala Archdiocese.

 
The pilgrimage will last two weeks. The team will visit historical sites such as Sistine Chapel where the Pope is elected and Padre Pio shrine at San Giovanni.

The team will also visit St Peter's Basilica, St Paul, St Mary's and St John's Lateran among others.  

They will also tour the Eucharistic Miracle that happened in Lanciano, during the eighth Century A.D in the little church of St Legontian, as a divine response to a Brazilian monk's doubt about Jesus' real presence in the Eucharist.

Msgr Lawrence Ssemusu (middle in white shirt), chaplain of MUBS with other Ugandans in Rome

Fr Ssemusu explained that the first visit to St Peter Square in Vatican City, is mainly to seek the Pope's audience at St Peter Square.

The Archbishop was accompanied among others by Msgr John Wynand Katende, Rev Fr. Joseph Mukasa Muwonge, Fr Barnabas Magezi, Fr Ignatius Kimboowa, and other priests from Kampala, Mbarara, Masaka, and Mityana diocese, business people including the managing director of MTK, Francis Xavier Kittaka.