Uganda originally had invited the Holy Father in 2014 for the 50th anniversary of its martyrs, but the Vatican could not accommodate the request. Kampala revived the request. The pontiff ...

reported that a huge crowd greeted Pope Francis’s first Mass in Uganda, which he held at the Namugongo Catholic Martyrs Shrine, a day after he arrived in the country. Thousands had gathered at ...

These were the final words spoken by Pope Francis as he concluded his historic visit to the Namugongo Martyrs Shrine ... in their homes to this day, as treasured mementoes of a historic moment. Pope ...

Even our politicians who usually don’t see eye to eye were seen shaking hands at the Uganda Martyrs Shrine in Namugongo. One wished the pope visited every day! Those who met the Pope either in Uganda, ...

The war that removed Uganda’s military government with the overrunning of Kampala on April 11 had started six months earlier in Kagera, the north-western region of Tanzania. On the eve of Uganda’s ...

The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, The Most Reverend Dr. Stephen Kazimba Mugalu, has commissioned the official preparations for the June 3rd Namugongo Martyrs Day celebrations. According to ...

Speaking during a meeting with bishops and the organising committee of this year’s Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations from Northern Uganda, Archbishop Kaziimba acknowledged the grief of the global ...