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 ...

At the Uganda Martyrs University’s booth, the Deputy Speaker was taken through an AI enrolment programme which analyses enrolment trends per academic discipline to be able to deal with critical issues ...

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 ...

Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Constantine Rupiny, currently serving as the rector of the Uganda Martyrs National Major Seminary Alokolum in Gulu as the Local Ordinary of Nebbi Catholic Diocese. In ...

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 ...