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 09:40Cheers, Pope Francis arrived in the Catholic shrine to celebrate the Mass outside the Ugandan capital.He was taken around in his popemobile open-sided, waving in the tens of thousands of pilgrims occupation wing stands on the basis of the shrine, edits Cathedral which is dedicated to the 22 Catholic martyrs who died in the late 19th-century building at the local king orders.Francis in Uganda to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the canonization of the martyrs by Pope Paul VI.Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, were among the dignitaries who attended the Mass, where Frances is expected to praise the example of the martyrs who were burned alive when they refused to renounce their faith.

Even after the arrival of the Pope, thousands of pilgrims were still trying to reach the shrine.Peter Sebandeke, Christian education, aged 73 years, I thought in a long line of people and abandoned.He said the same constancy with his umbrella, said: "I will stand here in this place and hope to see the Pope will be enough."He said he did not get to see the Pope.- Rodney Muhumuza, Namugongo---09:00Pope Francis visited the Anglican shrine, which is dedicated to a group of Christians who were killed in the late 19th century on the orders of the local king who want to stop the rise of Christianity.Francis, arriving in his popemobile open on one side, and was greeted Saturday morning by the Anglican bishops who gave him a tour of the campus inside the shrine.And hundreds of people lined up along the narrow road leading to the shrine, hoping to catch a glimpse of Francis. We will mark later in the Mass dedicated to 22 Catholic martyrs who were canonized in 1964 near a Catholic shrine.Children in school uniforms among those lining up to enter the Holy. In the Catholic shrine, women are serving food and drinks to pilgrims just happy to watch the Mass on giant screens set up outside.Willis Olwora, a government employee, who was among those hoping to see the tomb of Francis in the Anglican and said that the Pope's message to love and respect each other "touched the hearts of many here, including mine."He says: "I pray for peace, especially during this time of the elections."- Rodney Muhumuza, Namugongo---08:45Some of the pilgrims waiting for Pope Francis's most famous Catholic shrine of Uganda here since Friday lunch time, hoping to score a good point to see the first Mass in the country.The tents of pilgrims on the mats, one in blankets against the cold damp morning where you got the final preparations under way at the shrine Namugongo. This site is where burned more than 45 Anglican and Catholic martyr to death in the late 19th century on the orders of the local King after they refused to renounce their faith.Benah Ssanyu-old showed the 27-year-old envelope from her sandals and shorts - mud guide her 1:00 arrival Friday to record its head of government, and a front row seat to Francis Mass honoring the martyrs.She says she did not mind in the mud or rain that soaked overnight her. She says, it was an essential part of the martyrs of their faith: "They are very important because they sacrificed their lives because of their religion."-Nicole Winfield, Kampala---07:25Tens of thousands of people streaming haven Kampala where the pope will celebrate Mass Francis the first in Uganda to honor the martyrs of the country.As the sun rose Saturday because of Namugongo shrine, pilgrims arriving on foot and found spots in the garden area where they can follow the liturgy as venders sold public swimming pools, booklets, calendars Pope and plastic statues of the Madonna.Francis returns to pray for the first time at the shrine honoring 23 martyrs Anglican killed on the orders of the local King in the late 1800s, and then in the shrine near the occasion of the spot where he killed 22 Catholics again, burned much alive after they refused to abandon their faith.