Friday, June 3, 2011

Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter

Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions - Memorial


Owing to religious hatred, many faithful Christians were killed in Uganda by King Mwanga during the yeas 1885 to 1887.  Some of them  had enjoyed the good graces of the king at his court, and some were even related to him.  Among the, Charles Lwanga and his twenty-one companions, adhering steadfastly to the Catholic faith, were put to death, some by sword, others by burning because they would not acced to the king's unreasonable demands.

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