Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni urged believers gathered at the Namugongo Shrine in Kampala, Uganda, for this year’s Martyrs’ Day Pilgrimage on Monday to be at the forefront of fostering peace ...

(RNS) — The Uganda martyrs were canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964, and their story continues to resonate across Africa. NAMUGONGO, Uganda (RNS) — Beneath the equatorial sun and a sky streaked with ...

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 ...

NAMUGONGO, Uganda — In an extraordinary display of the vitality of the Catholic faith in Africa, a crowd of possibly more than 4 million people gathered for Mass today on the very same grounds where ...

104 year old Jeremana Muthikwa (center) with other Catholic pilgrims at Nakuru town trekking to Namugongo Martyrs Shrine in Uganda on May 17, 2019. [File, Standard] For eight years, Jeremana Muthikwa ...

Andrew David Omona, Uganda Christian University, Academic Institution. Martyrs’ Day in Uganda commemorates the bold decision of some early converts to Christianity to give up their lives for the sake ...

Kampala — Centenary Bank, together with the Centenary Group of Companies have made a contribution of sh70 million to Kasese Diocese in support of preparations for the 2026 Uganda Martyrs Day ...

Centenary Bank, together with the Centenary Group of Companies, has made a contribution of Shs 70 million to Kasese Diocese in support of preparations for the 2026 Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations. The ...

Preparations for the 2026 Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations have been officially flagged off at Uganda Christian University (UCU). UCU was entrusted by the House of Bishops to lead the 2026 Uganda ...

NAMUGONGO, Uganda (RNS) — Beneath the equatorial sun and a sky streaked with clouds, thousands of pilgrims move slowly toward Namugongo. Their bare feet blistered, lips murmuring prayers and hands ...