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 ...

One of Africa’s — and the world’s — largest religious gatherings will take place on June 3 in Kampala, Uganda, and one group from Kenya has already begun its more than 200-mile pilgrimage to arrive ...

This year’s celebration also marked the 60th anniversary of the canonisation of the Uganda Martyrs. President Museveni and Janet attended the Martyrs Day celebrations at Namugongo Museveni was joined ...

NAMUGONGO, Uganda — Thousands of pilgrims from Uganda and beyond trekked hundreds of miles on foot to honor the Uganda Martyrs and invoke their intercession In the lead-up to the celebrations of ...

At the neighboring Anglican Shrine, under the stewardship of Retired Arch Bishop Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo (RIP) is a dedicated a Martyrs Museum at the spot of their execution in 1886 with impressive live size ...

These martyrs, Charles Lwanga and Matiya Mulumba, were among a group of 45 young men, both Catholic and Anglican, who faced execution by King Mwanga of Buganda between 1885 and 1886. Their unwavering ...

Catholic sisters are among the crowd gathering at the Uganda Martyrs Shrine of Namugongo in Kampala, Uganda's capital, to honor the 22 Catholic and 23 Anglican martyrs killed between 1885 and 1887.

The choir, including dancers, has been rehearsing for six months and is ready for the June 3 celebrations Lugazi Catholic Diocese, which is leading this year’s Uganda Martyrs’ Day celebration at ...

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 ...

As millions of pilgrims flocked to the famed Ugandan shrine in Namugongo in the days leading to commemoration of the country's 45 Christian martyrs, local authorities ...

The Uganda Martyrs offer a tragic illustration of the dynamics between pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial Uganda and the outside world in the 19th century.