With the announcement of Pope Francis’s visit to Uganda in 2015, the Catholic Church, along with several key stakeholders, embarked on a series of activities in preparation for this historic event.

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 ...

His presence united the people of Uganda in faith, joy, and spiritual renewal. The pinnacle of Pope Francis’s visit was his Mass at the Namugongo Martyrs Shrine, where he honored the 22 young Ugandan ...

In Uganda, there is a similarity between this year’s Easter week and that of 1979 – unstable power supply. In 1979, the blackouts were related to an external (military) force entering Uganda; today ...

becoming the third pope to do so largely thanks to the Uganda martyrs. And like most of the papal visits especially to countries like ours, everything comes to a standstill. Roads are paved, buildings ...

Pope Francis has canonised 911 saints in 68 causes, which includes the 813 Martyrs of Otranto as a group. On May 12, 2013, Pope Francis announced the canonisation of Antonio Primaldo and his ...

The indoor museum dedicated to sand sculptures made by using only sand and water has been hosting the “Travel Around the World in Sand” exhibition under a different theme almost every year.

But for anyone who's walked past one of the few remaining painted moose around the city and wondered why it's there, here's the story behind the unforgettable art installation — appropriately ...

After paying homage to the Indravelli martyrs along with other leaders, Minister Danasari Anasuya Seetakka said the government would constitute a committee under the ITDA (Integrated Tribal ...