The president of Uganda urged believers gathered at the Namugongo Shrine for this year’s Martyrs’ Day Pilgrimage to be at the forefront of fostering peace.

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 ...

She is among hundreds of thousands of pilgrims making the long journey on foot to the Namugongo shrine ahead of Uganda's annual Martyrs Day celebrations on June 3. "I'm happy to join this pilgrimage.

The Uganda martyrs were canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964, and their story continues to resonate across Africa. In 1993, Pope John Paul II visited Namugongo.

Hundreds of Rwandan pilgrims, including eight Catholic bishops, are in Uganda for the annual Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations taking place on June 3 at the Catholic Shrine of Namugongo in Kampala ...

Millions are expected to arrive at the Namugongo Shrine, the site where St. Charles Lwanga and his companions were burned alive, to celebrate the Ugandan martyrs.