Democratic Republic of Congo Archives

Congo bishops deplore human rights abuses in country

Mar 10, 2021

Catholic bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo “deplore” that the human rights situation in the country has worsened in recent months under President Felix Tsisekedi, especially since initial progress was made when the president came to power three years ago.

By Crux Staff

Pope praises ‘remarkable’ Christian witness of slain DRC ambassador

Feb 24, 2021

On Tuesday evening Pope Francis sent a telegram to Italy’s president conveying his sorrow for the death of country’s ambassador to Democratic Republic of the Congo, who died Monday in an apparent kidnapping attempt.

By Elise Ann Allen

Italian ambassador killed in Congo remembered for humanitarian work

Feb 23, 2021

Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio was remembered by his parish priest as a “light that breaks through the fog, illuminates and warms,” after he was killed in an attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

By Inés San Martín

Catholic aid agency laments ‘cyclical violence’ in eastern Congo

Feb 10, 2021

A leading Catholic aid agency has condemned what it calls “cyclical violence and continuing human rights abuses targeting civilian populations in North Kivu and Ituri Provinces” of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

By Crux Staff

Congolese bishop: Stop the ‘chain of massacres’

Jan 16, 2021

A Congolese bishop has urged international action to stem massacres in his diocese and accused the country’s government and media of indifference to current sufferings.

By Catholic News Service

Zaire rite was ‘hugely important’ step in true liturgical inculturation, academic says

Jan 12, 2021

Last year, Pope Francis called the Zairean Rite “the only inculturated rite of the Latin Church approved after the Second Vatican Council.”

By Crux Staff

Sexual violence being used as weapon of war in eastern Congo

Dec 24, 2020

Conflict in the South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has caused “pervasive” gender-based violence, according to Catholic aid groups.

By Crux Staff

Congolese bishops call for special court to try war crimes

Oct 22, 2020

Catholic bishops in Congo are calling for a special international criminal court to try people suspected of mass killings and human rights abuses in the African country, where thousands of women and girls have been raped by armed men.

By Fredrick Nzwili, CNS