Fr Lawrence Ssemusu, the Chaplin of Makerere University ... visit to Uganda in 2015. Photo/File After the State House, the plaintiff visited Munyonyo Shrine where the 22 Catholic martyrs were ...

The shrine is a significant site for the Uganda Martyrs, including St Andrew Kaggwa and St Dennis Ssebugwawo, who were killed by King Mwanga II in 1886 and canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1964.

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 ...

The pinnacle of Pope Francis’s visit was his Mass at the Namugongo Martyrs Shrine, where he honored the Uganda Martyrs—22 young Catholics executed in the late 1800s for refusing to renounce their ...