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Pope remembers modern martyrs, visits prison on St. Stephen’s Day

Congo

(Credit: Catholic Diocese of Uvira.)

Congolese cardinal hopes beatification of martyrs will restore peace to DRC

Aug 20
Ngala Killian Chimtom

People gather at the side of an explosion in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Friday, May, 3, 2024. The UN says a bomb at a refugee camp in eastern Congo has killed at least 18 people, including children. The army blamed the attack at the Mugunga refugee camp in North Kivu on a rebel group, known as M23, with alleged links to Rwanda. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Pope Francis condemns ‘act of blind hatred’ in Eastern Congo

May 10
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Amid election chaos in Congo, bishops urge voters not to be bought off

Dec 21, 2023
Ngala Killian Chimtom

African bishops say they’ll listen to synod, but also have something to teach

Mar 10, 2023
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Cameroon bishop backs Pope on ‘economic colonialism’ in Africa

Feb 13, 2023
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope urges priests, religious not to be ‘cold bureaucrats of the spirit’

Feb 2, 2023
Elise Ann Allen

From witchcraft to corruption, Pope warns Congo youth to resist bad choices

Feb 2, 2023
Elise Ann Allen

Congo war victims recount horrors to Pope, thank Church for recovery

Feb 2, 2023
Elise Ann Allen

Serving the poor ‘not philanthropy but faith,’ Pope says in Congo

Feb 1, 2023
Elise Ann Allen

Meeting Congo war victims, Pope decries external, internal forces fueling conflict

Feb 1, 2023
Elise Ann Allen