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.

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 ...

The Anglican martyrs’ shrine at Namugongo is pictured in Kampala, Uganda, in this Nov. 28, 2015, file photo. Pilgrims from across Uganda marked Martyrs Day June 3, 2022, with a journey to the ...

These martyrs, Charles Lwanga and Matiya Mulumba, were among a group of 45 young men, both Catholic and Anglican, who faced execution by King Mwanga of Buganda between 1885 and 1886.

Uganda is to repatriate the remains of two "Ugandan Martyrs" who were executed more than a century ago for refusing to renounce Christianity, a Church official said Sunday. Twenty-two Roman ...

On October 18, 1964, something extraordinary happened at St Peter's Basilica in Rome. As Pope Paul VI prepared to declare the Uganda Martyrs as saints, a choir of African men and women stood ...

Moroto, Uganda, Jun 30, 2010 / 00:54 am Earlier this month over 500,000 people gathered in northeastern Uganda to celebrate the feast day of Saint Charles Lwanga and companions, who are known as ...

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 ...

Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of Kampala asked Catholics around the world to pray for an end to Covid-19 through the intercession of the Uganda Martyrs. The martyrs are a group of 22 Catholic and ...

The Vatican canonized the martyrs in 1964. Buganda (Uganda) became a British protectorate in the 1890s, and Mwanga fled to exile in the Seychelles after 1897. The vertical stamps measure 4 x 3 cm and ...

Thousands of pilgrims from across Uganda and neighboring countries converged on Namugongo, a Kampala suburb, after walking for days to join the country's annual Martyrs Day observance. The day is ...

The Vatican canonized the martyrs in 1964. Buganda (Uganda) became a British protectorate in the 1890s, and Mwanga fled to exile in the Seychelles after 1897. The vertical stamps measure 4 x 3 cm and ...