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Locals call for prayer as 70 bodies found in Democratic Republic of Congo church after attack
North and South Kivu have been embroiled in armed conflict for years. / Credit: MONUSCO/Clara Padovan ACI Africa, Feb 23,…
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Democratic Republic of Congo bishops stress need for ceasefire, dialogue, and human dignity
Pope Francis meets the Catholic bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo on his final day in Kinshasa on Feb.…
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As fighting rages on in Eastern DR Congo, Catholic charity steps up humanitarian response
In a Jan. 29, 2025, report, the leadership of the aid agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales…
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Catholic journalist murdered in Democratic Republic of Congo eulogized as ‘man of peace’
Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele of the Goma Diocese presides over the Oct. 1, 2024, funeral Mass for Edmond Bahati Mbarushimana,…
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14 Catholics killed in Democratic Republic of Congo after refusing to convert to Islam
On his second day in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa, Feb. 1, 2023, Pope Francis listened to the stories of…
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Democratic Republic of Congo bishops: Amid growth of Church ‘the Congolese state is dead’
Members of the Provincial Episcopal Assembly of Bukavu (ASSEPB). / Credit: Radio Moto ACI Africa, Apr 28, 2024 / 07:00…
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Lifting of moratorium on death penalty in Congo ‘a step backwards,’ cardinal says
Map of Congo. / Shutterstock ACI Africa, Mar 22, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The decision by the government of…
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Salesian priest stabbed to death in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Father Léopold Feyen. / Credit: ANS ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 15, 2023 / 18:45 pm (CNA). The Salesian News Agency…
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Violence, emergence of new militia among Democratic Republic of Congo bishops’ concerns
Members of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO). / Credit: CENCO ACI Africa, Jun 27, 2023 / 12:00 pm…
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1 million attend joyful Mass with Pope Francis in Democratic Republic of Congo
Pope Francis celebrated Mass with around 1 million people in Kinshasa, DRC, on Feb. 1, 2023. / Vatican Media Rome…
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