{"id":677,"date":"2025-06-18T10:27:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T10:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/en\/blog\/2025\/06\/18\/uganda-people-had-nothing-but-all-they-asked-was-that-we-help-them-pray\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T10:30:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T10:30:55","slug":"uganda-people-had-nothing-but-all-they-asked-was-that-we-help-them-pray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/en\/blog\/2025\/06\/18\/uganda-people-had-nothing-but-all-they-asked-was-that-we-help-them-pray\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: \u201cPeople had nothing, but all they asked was that we help them pray\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Captura-de-ecra-2025-06-18-112051.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2059\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fr Ube lives among the poorest of the poor, in the Palabek camp for South Sudanese refugees, in Uganda. 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