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 ...

Retired Church of Uganda Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi on Tuesday delivered a searing homily at the 140th Martyrs’ Day commemoration, warning that the country's moral conscience was “going” as rights ...

Nearly 140 years after they were executed for their steadfast Christian faith, the footprints of the Uganda Martyrs continue to leave indelible marks across Uganda and other far corners of the world.

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 ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — 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 ...

Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – On the morning of June 3, an explosion occurred approximately 500 meters from the Uganda Martyrs Shrine in Munyonyo. According to the Ugandan Army (UPDF), the explosion ...

St Joseph Mpigi Parish Priest Rev Fr Deogratious Katerega Kiibi has reflected on the brutality inflicted on the Uganda Martyrs, questioning the anger that led to their torture and killing for refusing ...

Last year’s event was also low key with access to pilgrims cancelled due to a national coronavirus lockdown. This year’s Uganda Martyrs Day annual celebrations that falls on June 3 were celebrated ...

At the annual Uganda Martyrs Day Mass, shared through video, Catholics were urged to remember two nuns who were healed of bubonic plague through the martyrs' intercession. Archbishop Cyprian Kizito ...

President wants Protestants to replicate the tourism success of Catholics. Today tens of thousands of Christians in Uganda will dip themselves and their children into a lake where executioners ...