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At least 55 pilgrims narrowly escaped death on Tuesday, June 4, after the bus they were travelling in overturned at Opedede ...
Martyrs' Day crime spree sees dozens arrested in Namugongo. Thank you for reading Nation.AfricaShow plansAt least 96 people were arrested on Tuesday during Uganda’s Martyrs Day celebrations, which ...
The Namugongo shrine is where St. Charles Lwanga, a Ugandan convert to the Catholic Church, and his companions were burned to ...
Before the start of Mass at the Uganda Martyrs Shrine in Namugongo on Tuesday, a number of pilgrims claimed to have witnessed ...
A bus carrying 30 Kenyan pilgrims to Uganda’s Martyrs Day celebrations crashed on June 14, injuring passengers. The driver ...
Historical records from various sources indicate that the first official pilgrimage to Namugongo was made by the Mill Hill ...
Over 30 Kenyans are currently hospitalised in neighbouring Uganda following a road accident involving the bus they were ...
Traders usually anticipate a business boom at the end of the celebrations, but some instead counted losses as they struggled ...
Many shrines are located at places where specific martyrs were imprisoned, tried, tortured, or killed, with each site ...
As thousands gathered in prayer for the Martyrs' Day celebrations, some pilgrims shouted that they had seen visions of the ...
Namugongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ululation and dance filled Namugongo on Sunday as the animating diocese made its grand ...
Hundreds of Rwandan pilgrims, including eight Catholic bishops, are in Uganda for the annual Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations ...