Namugongo Shrine is located in Kyaliwajjala, Kira Municipality in Wakiso District, approximately 16km from Kampala.

Uganda Martyrs Shrine Namugongo Parish today celebrates 75 years since its foundation by the Mill Hill Missionaries. According to the shrine administrator, Fr. Dr. Emmanuel Kimbowa, the ...

Each year, on June 3, millions of pilgrims from across Uganda and beyond gather at the Namugongo Catholic Shrine to honour the 45 Christian converts — 23 Anglican and 22 Catholic — executed ...

This Uganda Martyrs Minor Basilica/Shrine is a Catholic church dedicated to the Martyrs of Uganda. The Shrine is well known for its beautiful and unique interior and exterior, but it is ...

Ms Telezia Nabuzale is one of the more than two million pilgrims who made it to Namugongo at the weekend to pay tribute to the 45 Uganda Martyrs killed on Kabaka Mwanga's orders.

Thousands of Pilgrims descended at the Namugongo Martyrs Shrine on 3rd June after a two-year hiatus following the covid 19 pandemic when the government announced a two-year lock down to stem the ...

NAMUGONGO, Uganda — A sixty-two year old woman was among thousand of others walking more than 250 miles to reach an important shrine honoring local martyrs.

Pope Francis walks in procession as he arrives to celebrate mass near the Catholic martyrs' shrine of Namugongo, Kampala, Uganda, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015.

Tour guide and site historian Ben Tenywa poses in front of a door at the Catholic Martyrs’ Shrine at Namugongo. The door depicts the young men, who were tortured and murdered for their faith in ...

This Uganda Martyrs Minor Basilica/Shrine is a Catholic church dedicated to the Martyrs of Uganda. The Shrine is well known for its beautiful and unique interior and exterior, but it is especially ...