Tonny Onyulo, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:47:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Tonny Onyulo, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com 32 32 Members of shuttered Rwandan churches gather in homes as leaders quietly protest https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/members-of-shuttered-rwandan-churches-gather-in-homes-as-leaders-quietly-protest/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/members-of-shuttered-rwandan-churches-gather-in-homes-as-leaders-quietly-protest/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:45:47 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164834 (RNS) — After a crackdown on unapproved churches, Christian leaders say the government's move encroaches on religious freedom and applies regulations unequally.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/members-of-shuttered-rwandan-churches-gather-in-homes-as-leaders-quietly-protest/feed/ 0 A priest’s kidnapping in South Sudan heightens fear among clergy in the country https://religionnews.com/2024/05/22/a-priests-kidnapping-in-south-sudan-heightens-fear-among-clergy-in-the-country/ https://religionnews.com/2024/05/22/a-priests-kidnapping-in-south-sudan-heightens-fear-among-clergy-in-the-country/#respond Wed, 22 May 2024 20:10:33 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4149658 JUBA, South Sudan (RNS) — Dozens of church leaders have been kidnapped or killed by government soldiers or rebel fighters in the decade since the civil war began.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/05/22/a-priests-kidnapping-in-south-sudan-heightens-fear-among-clergy-in-the-country/feed/ 0 Ugandan faith leaders work to confront increase in gender-based violence https://religionnews.com/2024/05/08/ugandan-faith-leaders-address-dramatic-rise-in-gender-based-violence-early-marriages/ https://religionnews.com/2024/05/08/ugandan-faith-leaders-address-dramatic-rise-in-gender-based-violence-early-marriages/#respond Wed, 08 May 2024 18:23:37 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4147031 BUPOTO, Uganda (RNS) — ‘We need to work together if we are to end gender-based violence. We need to involve the government, NGOs, parents, community leaders, women and girls,’ said one evangelist.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/05/08/ugandan-faith-leaders-address-dramatic-rise-in-gender-based-violence-early-marriages/feed/ 0 Islamist Nigerian militants press attacks against Christians to foment religious war https://religionnews.com/2024/02/23/islamist-nigerian-militants-press-attacks-against-christians-to-foment-religious-war/ https://religionnews.com/2024/02/23/islamist-nigerian-militants-press-attacks-against-christians-to-foment-religious-war/#respond Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:06:02 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4134491 ABUJA, Nigeria (RNS) — The militants 'want to use religion to achieve their target of destabilizing the country and establishing an Islamic state,' said a local evangelical Christian pastor.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/02/23/islamist-nigerian-militants-press-attacks-against-christians-to-foment-religious-war/feed/ 0 Catholic clergy in Uganda accuse the West of a new colonialism through LGBTQ activism https://religionnews.com/2024/01/25/uganda-lgbtq/ https://religionnews.com/2024/01/25/uganda-lgbtq/#respond Thu, 25 Jan 2024 19:56:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4129568 KAMPALA, Uganda (RNS) — Most Ugandan Catholics oppose Pope Francis' recent move to allow priests to administer blessings to same-sex couples.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/01/25/uganda-lgbtq/feed/ 0 Congolese faith leaders step up efforts to promote dialogue among warring groups https://religionnews.com/2023/11/07/congolese-faith-leaders-step-up-efforts-to-promote-dialogue-among-warring-groups/ https://religionnews.com/2023/11/07/congolese-faith-leaders-step-up-efforts-to-promote-dialogue-among-warring-groups/#respond Tue, 07 Nov 2023 21:57:47 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4118064 GOMA, Congo (RNS) — Church leaders are conducting weekly workshops to train traditional and church leadership in how to promote peace in their communities.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/11/07/congolese-faith-leaders-step-up-efforts-to-promote-dialogue-among-warring-groups/feed/ 0 South Sudanese refugees, fleeing a second civil war in Sudan, return home to bleak prospects https://religionnews.com/2023/09/28/south-sudanese-refugees-fleeing-a-second-civil-war-in-sudan-return-home-to-bleak-prospects/ https://religionnews.com/2023/09/28/south-sudanese-refugees-fleeing-a-second-civil-war-in-sudan-return-home-to-bleak-prospects/#respond Thu, 28 Sep 2023 18:47:18 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4112179 MALAKAL, South Sudan (RNS) — The situation has prompted religious leaders in South Sudan to appeal to the international community to aid returning refugees.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/09/28/south-sudanese-refugees-fleeing-a-second-civil-war-in-sudan-return-home-to-bleak-prospects/feed/ 0 Amid deadly resurgence, Tanzanian officials maintain they can pray the ‘coronavirus devil’ away https://religionnews.com/2021/03/12/amid-deadly-resurgence-tanzanian-officials-maintain-they-can-pray-the-coronavirus-devil-away/ https://religionnews.com/2021/03/12/amid-deadly-resurgence-tanzanian-officials-maintain-they-can-pray-the-coronavirus-devil-away/#respond Fri, 12 Mar 2021 19:49:21 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=3884447 DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (RNS) — Some religious leaders have even proclaimed the country free of the coronavirus because of the power of prayer. Meanwhile, the government has refused to report any data on the number of cases in the country.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2021/03/12/amid-deadly-resurgence-tanzanian-officials-maintain-they-can-pray-the-coronavirus-devil-away/feed/ 0 Pentecostal pastors vow to fight proposed Uganda church regulations in court https://religionnews.com/2019/04/30/pentecostal-pastors-vow-to-fight-proposed-uganda-church-regulations-in-court/ https://religionnews.com/2019/04/30/pentecostal-pastors-vow-to-fight-proposed-uganda-church-regulations-in-court/#respond Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:57:13 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=3760014 KAMPALA, Uganda (RNS) — Pentecostal pastors in Uganda vow to fight new rules that would require clergy to have formal theological education and would force all churches to register or close down. The proposed policy mimics similar rules enacted in Rwanda in 2018.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2019/04/30/pentecostal-pastors-vow-to-fight-proposed-uganda-church-regulations-in-court/feed/ 0 Rastafarianism, promising freedom, spreads among African youth https://religionnews.com/2019/04/17/rastafarianism-promising-freedom-spreads-among-african-youth/ https://religionnews.com/2019/04/17/rastafarianism-promising-freedom-spreads-among-african-youth/#respond Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:47:53 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=3757907 NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — A faith that originated in the Caribbean islands has drawn many adherents through its social justice and anti-colonialist messages.

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