Pope sends message to Argentine slum priests sick with coronavirus
- Jul 10, 2020
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Congo bishops object to proposed reform to judiciary
- Jul 3, 2020
A new bill to reform the judiciary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could violate the country’s 2006 constitution, according the country’s bishops.
As Congo turns 60, cardinal says the country has failed
- Jul 1, 2020
As Congo celebrated 60 years of independence from Belgium, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of Kinshasa said the “great dreams” of the people had been shuttered by successive regimes.
Congo marks somber Easter while battling COVID-19 and Ebola
- Apr 13, 2020
Congo marked the Easter holiday by bracing to battle both COVID-19 and a continuing outbreak of Ebola, after a second death from that disease was announced in eastern Congo Sunday.
Congo’s Ebola crisis may help in coronavirus fight, Catholic charity says
- Apr 7, 2020
The Ebola strain that broke out in August 2018 could offer lessons on how to deal with a COVID-19 outbreak, which, to date, has killed 13 people in the DRC and recorded 134 cases.
Three African countries show varied preparations for COVID pandemic
- Mar 31, 2020
Caritas Ghana has put in place a nine-month emergency response plan with the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference to ensure that the poor and vulnerable receive critical and basic services in the two archdioceses most affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Congolese rape survivors band together to change country’s future
- Mar 10, 2020
A new movie screened March 8 at the D.C. Independent Film Festival in Washington, “Sema” — Swahili for “Speak Out” — illustrates the scope of the issue of rape culture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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