Leading Ugandan lawmaker, accused of corruption, meets with Pontiff | News Headlines

CWN Editor’s Note: Pope Francis received Anita Annet Among, the Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda, on August 24. The Ugandan news outlet Press reported that it was his third meeting with the Pontiff in the last two years.

In May, the US State Department sanctioned Among “due to involvement in significant corruption tied to her leadership of Uganda’s Parliament.”

Among’s audience follows a recent meeting between the Pontiff and a Ugandan LGBTQ+ advocate. The nation’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, enacted in 2023, imposes lengthy prison terms for homosexual activity and the death penalty in certain circumstances, such as homosexual rape.

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