Security was heavily deployed, especially in the areas of Entebbe International Airport, Munyonyo, Nakiyanja, Nalukolongo, Namugongo, Lubaga Cathedral ... of the Uganda Martyrs that had been ...

The visit, which came as Uganda marked the 50th anniversary of the canonisation of the Uganda Martyrs, will remain in the hearts of many Ugandans and drew many closer to the father of the Holy See.

“I saw him with my own eyes,” proudly recalled Alex Mukwaya, a churchgoer at Lubaga Cathedral ... the people of Uganda in faith, joy, and spiritual renewal. The pinnacle of Pope Francis’s visit was ...

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 ...

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 ...