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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.)

Church in Africa

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

by Ngala Killian Chimtom May 10, 2024May 10, 2024

Soldiers accused of rape and crimes against humanity slouch in their chairs during a military tribunal in the town of Baraka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Feb. 16, 2011. Congo has lifted a more than two-decade old moratorium on the death penalty to try and rid the country of traitors and acts of “terrorism”, said the government. The moratorium, established in 2003, has allowed offenders accused of treachery and espionage, guaranteed impunity, said the justice ministry in a statement that emerged Friday, March 15, 2024. (Credit: Pete Muller/AP.)

Church in Africa

DR Congo’s reinstatement of death penalty faces fierce Church opposition

by Ngala Killian Chimtom March 21, 2024

MONUSCO blue helmet deployed near Kibumba, north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Jan. 28, 2022. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Church in Africa

Cardinal claims Democratic Republic of Congo’s neighbors fueling country’s violence

by Ngala Killian Chimtom February 29, 2024February 29, 2024

M23 rebels load a pickup truck in Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2022. Aid organisations fear a new humanitarian crisis in the restive eastern Congo region, where the renowned armed rebel group M23 is in the midst of a new advance that threatens to cut off a major city and leave millions of people struggling for food and medical help.(Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Church in Africa

Bishops in DR Congo urge Church to pray for peace in troubled country

by Ngala Killian Chimtom February 23, 2024

Church in Africa

Congo bishops warn against ‘balkanization’ of central African nation

by Ngala Killian Chimtom February 27, 2023

Church in Africa

Congolese bishop urges government to take control in the East

by Catholic News Service November 4, 2022

Church in Africa

Bishop says Church in Congo ‘grows in faith’ after attack on hospital

by Ngala Killian Chimtom October 30, 2022

Catholic News Service

Congolese bishops offer dialogue after anti-U.N. protests

by Jonathan Luxmoore August 6, 2022

Associated Press

Congo bishops say pope’s Canada trip a good sign for future

by Associated Press June 26, 2022

Church in Africa

Congo bishops say ongoing violence will not deter Pope Francis visit

by Ngala Killian Chimtom June 4, 2022

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