{"id":11835,"date":"2015-12-03T07:51:32","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T07:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=11835"},"modified":"2015-12-03T07:51:32","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T07:51:32","slug":"uganda-heritage-of-martyrs-is-the-reason-for-the-strong-faith-found-in-uganda-today-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2015\/12\/03\/uganda-heritage-of-martyrs-is-the-reason-for-the-strong-faith-found-in-uganda-today-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"UGANDA: Heritage of Martyrs is the reason for the strong faith found in Uganda today &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><strong>Heritage of Martyrs is the reason for the strong faith found in Uganda today<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commemorating Ugandan martyrs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A huge crowd numbering hundreds of thousands of people gathered for an open-air Mass at the Namugongo shrines commemorating 45 Anglican and Catholic martyrs near Kampala. During the Mass, Pope Francis paid his respects to Ugandan Christians martyred for their faith in the 19th Century and praised Ugandan\u2019s faith, which he said comes from the martyrs who have come before them., saying\u00a0 \u201cThrough your own veins runs the blood of martyrs, and that&#8217;s why you have such a strong faith and life that you enjoy now.\u201d Reflecting on the example of the martyrs, he added \u201cin order to live, we have to die\u2026but, through that death, there is light for all.\u201d The Mass marked the 50th anniversary of the martyrs&#8217; canonisation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meeting with young people<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0On his last day in Uganda, Pope Francis heard testimonies of suffering from young people during the Youth Encounter at the Kololo Air Strip in Kampala. Among them was a young woman named Winnie who lost both parents as a child and who is herself HIV positive, and a young man named Emmanuel, one of 41 students kidnapped from Sacred Heart Minor Seminary, Lacor. He and his fellow prisoners were tortured, and some captives were killed. Emmanuel managed to escape after three months, and has since earned a degree in business administration, but asked people to pray for the eleven seminarians still held captive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo those who tortured us, am glad my heart has found love, forgiveness, peace and joy. They are all forgiven because Jesus Christ broke the power of death by suffering on the Cross,\u201d Emmanuel said.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the crowd, the Pope spoke on the meaning of negative experiences and suffering, saying he had listened to their testimonies \u201cwith great pain in my heart,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He reminded the young people present \u201cAll of you, be aware that you are a people of martyrs\u201d. The Pope stressed the importance of prayer to the young people present in the fight against oppression and against HIV. \u201cPray to the Lord Jesus, because he is the only Lord\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He reminded the young audience: \u201cIn the Church, we are not orphans, because we have Mary our mother\u201d and added \u201cWhen we have a problem, the first thing we can do is go to our mother. 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