NAMUGONGO, Uganda --Pope Francis on Saturday honored the Ugandan Christians who were burned alive rather than renounce their faith a century ago, urging today's Catholics to follow in their missionary ...

Pope Francis arrives in procession to celebrate Mass for the martyrs of Uganda near the Catholic shrine at Namugongo in Kampala, Uganda, Nov. 28, 2015. Authorities in Uganda have banned the sale of ...

They came by plane, by bus, and even on foot: pilgrims traveled thousands of miles to Uganda's Catholic shrine for the feast of the Uganda Martyrs, celebrated each year June 3. Police estimated that ...

Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni urged believers gathered at the Namugongo Shrine in Kampala, Uganda, for this year’s Martyrs’ Day Pilgrimage on Monday to be at the forefront of fostering peace ...

The relics of the Uganda Martyrs including chains that bound them; crosses made from the trees where Noa Mawaggali, Mathias Kalemba Mulumba, and Charles Lwanga were tied; the jawbone of Mulumba; and ...

On October 18, 2024, the Catholic Church commemorated 60 years of the canonisation of the Uganda Martyrs. Saint Charles Lwanga, St Matia Mulumba and their 20 companions were declared as saints of the ...

Established in 2015, the Uganda Martyrs Museum in Namugongo at the Church of Uganda grounds was founded under the vision bearer Dr Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo. After its construction, the church was ...

President Yoweri Museveni has praised the impact of Christianity on Uganda while marking the 60th anniversary of the canonization of the Uganda Martyrs. In a speech delivered on his behalf on Saturday ...

Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – On the morning of June 3, an explosion occurred approximately 500 meters from the Uganda Martyrs Shrine in Munyonyo. According to the Ugandan Army (UPDF), the explosion ...

Martyrs Day in Uganda, which had been reduced to an alcohol, roasted pork joints and sex market is being returned to its original meaning, with more than 500,000 Martyrs Day in Uganda, which had been ...

On Friday, October 4, 2024, the University of Kisubi (UNIK) celebrated its 9th graduation ceremony at the university’s graduation grounds at Kisubi, on Entebbe Road (in Wakiso district). The grandiose ...