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One of 22 Ugandan martyrs, Charles Lwanga is the patron of youth and Catholic action in most of tropical Africa. He protected his fellow pages, aged 13 to 30, from the homosexual demands of the Bagandan ruler, Mwanga, and encouraged and instructed them in the Catholic faith during their imprisonment for refusing the rulerโs demands. Charles first learned of Christโs teachings from two retainers in the court of Chief Mawulugungu. While a catechumen, he entered the royal household as assistant to Joseph Mukaso, head of the court pages. On the night of Mukasoโs martyrdom for encouraging the African youths to resist Mwanga, Charles requested and received baptism. Imprisoned with his friends, Charlesโs courage and belief in God inspired them to remain chaste and faithful.
For his own unwillingness to submit to the immoral acts and his efforts to safeguard the faith of his friends, Charles was burned to death at Namugongo on June 3, 1886, by Mwangaโs order.
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๐๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐บ๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ.
