Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Saint of the Day St. Charles Lwanga and Companions For those of us who think that the faith and zeal of the early Christians died out as the Church grew more safe and powerful through the centuries, the martyrs of Uganda are a reminder that persecution of Christians continues in modern times, even to the present day. The Society of Missionaries of Africa (known as the White Fathers) had only been in Uganda for 6 years and yet they had built up a community of converts whose faith would outshine their own. The earliest converts were soon instructing and leading new converts that the White ... Read More » More Saints of the Day St. Kevin St. Achilleus Kewanuka St. Adolphus Ludigo-Mkasa St. Albert of Como St. Ambrose Kibuka St. Anatole Kiriggwajjo St. Andrew Kagwa St. Athanasius Badzekuketta St. Bruno Seronkuma St. Caecilius St. Conus St. Cronan St. Davinus St. Dionysius Sebuggwao St. Glushallaich St. Gonzaga Gonza St. Hilary St. James Buzabalio St. John Maria Muzeyi St. John Mary Mzec St. Joseph Mukasa St. Kizito St. Liphardus St. Lucillian St. Luke Banabakiutu St. Noe Mawaggali Martyrs of Uganda St. Mathias Mulumba St. Matthias Murumba St. Mbaga Tuzinde St. Morand St. Mugagga St. Mukasa Kiriwawanyu St. Paula St. Pergentinus and Laurentinus St. Pontian Ngondwe St. Abidianus St. Quirinus Bl. Diego Oddi St. John Grande St. John XXIII Tomorrow's Saint of the Day St. Francis Caracciolo Founder of the Minor Clerks Regular with St. John Augustine Adorno. He was born in 1563, a member of a noble Neapolitan family. Though he had a rare skin disease, much like leprosy, Francis became a priest, at which time his skin disease disappeared. In 1588, he co-founded the Minor Clerks Regular and spent the rest of his life as the superior. He was canonized in 1807. His cult is now confined to local calendars. Read More » Most Popular Ancient architectural wonder of Rome Read More   For Holy Saturday Reflection: The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary Read More   For Holy Saturday Reflection: The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary Read More   Good Friday Reflection on the Nature of Sin Read More   A Good Friday Reflection: I Thirst Read More     News | Catholic Life | PRWire | Encyclopedia | Bible | Prayers | Vocations | Saints & Angels © Copyright 2014 Catholic Online. This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this Catholic Online e-mail because you subscribed to it or someone forwarded it to you. To opt out, see the links below. TO ADVERTISE For information on advertising at Catholic Online, please contact Advertising Sales. TO SUBSCRIBE If this email has been forwarded to you and would like a subscription, please sign up for Catholic Online Newsletters. Remove your e-mail address from our list. We respect your right to privacy. View our policy. This e-mail was sent by: Catholic Online, P.O. Box 9686 Bakersfield, CA 93389 USA