http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:15:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23891/lords-resistance-army-5 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23891/lords-resistance-army-5#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:31:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23891 Associated Press reports that the mother of one of Africa's most notorious rebel leaders relayed one last wish for her son before her death Wednesday, according to a nurse at her deathbed: Make peace.

Norah Anek, 86, the mother of Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, died after a long illness, said nurse Betty Akello, who was with her when she died. Her son heads the infamous Lord's Resistance Army, which has waged one of Africa's longest and most brutal rebellions, in northern Uganda.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23891/lords-resistance-army-5/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23719/christians-crucified http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23719/christians-crucified#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:03:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23719 Marauding bands of guerrillas have crucified seven Christians during a series of raids on villages in Sudan.

One of the men was tied to a tree and mutilated while six other victims were nailed to pieces of wood fastened to the ground and killed.

Villagers who found their bodies near the town of Nzara said it was like a "grotesque crucifixion scene".

Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio has now appealed for international help to stop the attacks by members of the Lord's Resistance Army.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23719/christians-crucified/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23102/lords-resistance-army-4 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23102/lords-resistance-army-4#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:07:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23102 The Ugandan army on Sunday accused Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels of hacking to death 45 people in a church in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

"They were cut with pangas (machetes) and hit with clubs but some luckily managed to escape. Our forces came to know about the killings while pursuing the LRA yesterday and the pursuit is on for the killers."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23102/lords-resistance-army-4/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23054/lords-resistance-army-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23054/lords-resistance-army-3#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:34:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23054 Congo's national army joined Ugandan forces and southern Sudanese militia in a military operation Sunday meant to root out pockets of the Lord's Resistance Army -- which had been preparing to launch an assault on Uganda from camps in eastern Congo, a joint statement from the three said.

The Lord's Resistance Army -- led by Joseph Kony, who claims spiritual powers -- sought to overthrow its government, demanding the constitution be replaced with a version of the Ten Commandments.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23054/lords-resistance-army-3/feed 0