{"id":21463,"date":"2015-11-28T01:06:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T01:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/pope-francis-to-remember-christian-martyrs-at\/"},"modified":"2015-11-28T01:06:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T01:06:11","slug":"pope-francis-to-remember-christian-martyrs-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/pope-francis-to-remember-christian-martyrs-at\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis to remember Christian martyrs at Uganda Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Pope Francis will pay his respects to Ugandan Christians martyred for their faith in the 19th Century on the latest stage of his trip to Africa.}<\/p>\n<p>Up to two million people are expected at an open-air Mass at Namugongo, near Kampala, where many of the 45 Anglican and Catholic martyrs were burned alive.<\/p>\n<p>Their execution was ordered by a king worried about Christianity&#8217;s spread.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s Mass will mark the 50th anniversary of the canonisation of the Catholic martyrs. <\/p>\n<p>Thousands of pilgrims spent the night holding a vigil near the martyrs&#8217; shrines and early on Saturday many more were streaming into the sanctuary, ready for the Pope&#8217;s arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis is due to pray first at a shrine for 23 Anglican martyrs and then at another shrine marking the spot where another 22 Catholics were killed.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Pope addressed an audience of young people in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, urging them to unite and take a stand against the destructive effects of tribalism.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday the Pope will travel to the Central African Republic (CAR), which has been hit by serious violence between Christian and Muslim militias in recent years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-9422 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/papa-4.jpg\" alt=\"A huge crowd had gathered at the Namugongo shrines, near Kampala \" \/><\/figure>\n<p>SOURCE:BBC:[Pope Francis to remember Christian martyrs at Uganda Mass->http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-34952541]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Pope Francis will pay his respects to Ugandan Christians martyred for their faith in the 19th Century on the latest stage of his trip to Africa.} Up to two million people are expected at an open-air Mass at Namugongo, near Kampala, where many of the 45 Anglican and Catholic martyrs were burned alive. 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