The Ugandan politician Benedict Kagima Mugumba Kiwanuka was one of the early leaders in the independence movement in the country. He was murdered by Idi Amin. His courageous contribution makes him a pioneer of the democracy and human rights in Continue reading →

The soldiers grabbed him. Fr. Barnaba did not resist. He asked to be allowed to take his cassock and pray. He put it on, made the sign of the cross, and recollected himself in prayer while the soldiers released the Continue reading →

Cardinal Emile Biayenda was famous for his radical social views, which he often expressed publicly and which ultimately cost him his life.

Emile Biayenda was a native of Mpangala, Vinza, in the northern part of the People’s Republic of the Continue reading →

On January 16, 1973, at Rubaga, in a packed cathedral, the funeral service for Fr. Clement Kiggundu was held. In concluding the homily, the Archbishop of Kampala, E.K. Nsubuga, said: “If you opened the coffin and saw what remains of Continue reading →

On September 9 1996, his car was attacked by a gang of armed men. Mons. Ruhuna and a religious sister were killed on the spot. “He spoke clearly and powerfully condemned atrocities. His message was repeated everywhere, and it signed Continue reading →

Pedro Casaldáliga, Bishop emeritus of São Félix do Araguaia in Brazil, a fervent defender of the indigenous people of the Amazon and one of the best-known exponents of liberation theology, has died at the age of 92. Another way of Continue reading →

Bishop Enrique Ángel Angelelli was killed during the time of the dictatorship in Argentina because of their preferential option for the poor.

A bishop must always “turn one ear to the Gospel and the other to the people”. The Argentine Continue reading →

He was a defender of the Mayans in southern Mexico and a mediator in peace talks between Indian rebels and the government. 

Samuel Ruiz Garcìa was born on November 3, 1924, in Irapuato, in central Mexico. He was the Continue reading →

Imprisoned at the age of seventy-five for participating in a non-violent demonstration, Dorothy Day spent her whole life in solidarity with the poor, working from her youth to improve the standard of life for the ordinary workers of America. She Continue reading →

He was a 28-year-old aid worker who was gunned down in Somalia in 1993. He had worked on missions in Liberia and for the UN in Somalia. A passionate opponent of the illegal arms trade he was killed by bullets Continue reading →