Archbishop Lwanga never makes reckless statements
Aug 27, 2008
EDITOR—I am writing in response to Peter Bogere’s letter published on August 24. Bogere strongly supports Nicholas Mukasa, who in the same paper, criticised Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga’s pronouncements on the controversial arrest of the Mengo government officials.
EDITOR—I am writing in response to Peter Bogere’s letter published on August 24. Bogere strongly supports Nicholas Mukasa, who in the same paper, criticised Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga’s pronouncements on the controversial arrest of the Mengo government officials.
The duo alleged that Lwanga kept a blind eye on the ills committed by the Mengo trio and only dwelt on the mistakes of the government.
I have been following archbishop Lwanga’s homilies very carefully and he has never taken the risk to make a comment, before analysing both sides of the coin.
I attended the thanksgiving Mass for the release of the Mengo trio, at Lubaga Cathedral, and I must say the archbishop never took sides.
In his homily, he acknowledged a conflict between the Mengo trio and the central government, and the controversial manner in which the latter arrested the trio.
As a solution, Lwanga proposed a national dialogue, to give Ugandans the opportunity to know better the social and cultural values of each other, for the subsequent promotion of our national unity.
I will also refer you to his Easter sermon, in which he urged those that were abusing the Kabaka, and those that were abusing the President to stop it and embrace dialogue, “for a peaceful, harmonious and progressive Ugandaâ€.
Regarding the involvement of religious leaders in the Rwandan genocide, Bogere should know that there were also heroic acts by some Catholic priests and nuns, who even lost their lives as they tried to protect people that had sought refuge in their churches, from the marauding Interahamwe.
Mathias Mazinga , Kampala
The duo alleged that Lwanga kept a blind eye on the ills committed by the Mengo trio and only dwelt on the mistakes of the government.
I have been following archbishop Lwanga’s homilies very carefully and he has never taken the risk to make a comment, before analysing both sides of the coin.
I attended the thanksgiving Mass for the release of the Mengo trio, at Lubaga Cathedral, and I must say the archbishop never took sides.
In his homily, he acknowledged a conflict between the Mengo trio and the central government, and the controversial manner in which the latter arrested the trio.
As a solution, Lwanga proposed a national dialogue, to give Ugandans the opportunity to know better the social and cultural values of each other, for the subsequent promotion of our national unity.
I will also refer you to his Easter sermon, in which he urged those that were abusing the Kabaka, and those that were abusing the President to stop it and embrace dialogue, “for a peaceful, harmonious and progressive Ugandaâ€.
Regarding the involvement of religious leaders in the Rwandan genocide, Bogere should know that there were also heroic acts by some Catholic priests and nuns, who even lost their lives as they tried to protect people that had sought refuge in their churches, from the marauding Interahamwe.
Mathias Mazinga , Kampala