The Holy Martyrs Of Uganda.
Martyrs for Chastity, Purity and Sexual Morality
The Christian Martyrs of Uganda
Uganda
Another more recent group of saints who have an important relevance and message concerning purity for our culture today are the holy martyrs of Uganda, who were beatified in 1920 and canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964. Saints Charles Lwanga, Joseph Mkasa, and their companions were tortured and put to death by a homosexual king because of their refusal to participate in and condone his sins of unnatural vice.
The first Catholic missions in Uganda were established in 1879 by the White Fathers of Africa. They met with great success and the native people flocked to baptism and to the Catholic Church, becoming converts of the sincerest and deepest spirituality. The first king the missionaries encountered there, King Mtesa, was friendly to them. However, after his death, he was succeeded by a different kind of pagan, King Mwanga, who was a hater of Christianity and kept a harem …More