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Adora Namigadde

Ohio

Reporter at Freelance

reporter + the rundown (am) host, @wbez. catholic. 🇺🇬🇺🇸. opinions under review. [email protected]

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  • 2 weeks ago | ncregister.com | Adora Namigadde

    The selection of Bishop-elect Simon Peter Engurait’s to head the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux highlights the presence of the tight-knit East African community in the Church in the US. Bridget Nadunga Gidudu, second from the left, sings with other members of the Uganda Catholic Community of Michigan at Christ the King in Ann Arbor in 2024.

  • 4 weeks ago | religionnews.com | Adora Namigadde

    (RNS) — Bennison’s Bakery, a shop in Evanston, Illinois, just north of Chicago, is having great success with a recent addition to its selection: cookies plastered with an edible picture of Pope Leo XIV, waving to the crowd after his election.

  • 1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Adora Namigadde

    Share JENNIFER FOURNIER: As soon as it was then verified that he was from Chicago, the owner, Jory Downer, gave a call to the bakery and said, no one can leave. NAMIGADDE: Downer saw the business opportunity. The team raced to develop the cookies. They feature a smiling picture of Pope Leo XIV surrounded with sprinkles colored to match the Vatican flag. They’re a mainstay now. People are ordering them across the country.

  • 1 month ago | wgbh.org | Adora Namigadde

    May 28, 2025 MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:Now that the world’s most famous Catholic is an American from Chicago, church leaders there are hoping his papacy will inspire more people to take up Catholicism. Some are hoping Pope Leo XIV will bring new energy to a church that has been on a steady decline in Chicago. Adora Namigadde reports. ADORA NAMIGADDE, BYLINE: Bennison’s Bakery in suburban Chicago has a new popular baked good for sale - pope cookies. Supervisor Jennifer Fournier recalls...

  • 1 month ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Adora Namigadde

    Now that the world's most famous Catholic is an American from Chicago, some hope Pope Leo XIV will help bring new energy to a church that's been on the steady decline there.

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