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An African triumph.(nineteenth-century Ugandan martyrs)

Catholic Insight | July 1, 1999 | Copyright

The Ugandan martyrs (1886)

In the calendar of saints, June 3rd celebrates the feast day of Charles Lwanga and companions. Their martyrdom in 1886 in what is now Uganda is one of the most relevant of our times: they resisted the homosexual lust of their king and died martyrs to the Catholic faith as a consequence. They gave their young lives in defence of truth and the common good of society. (The king also put some Anglican court pages to death.) What a reproach to our wimpish society and what a model for young people today! The Church provides us with these saints so…

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