Former Irish president pledges to spend retirement challenging Catholic Church
- Sep 25, 2020
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COVID-19, Ebola, and conflict are triple-threat for humanitarian efforts in Congo
- Sep 26, 2020
COVID-19 is straining the humanitarian resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is already suffering from outbreaks of cholera, measles and Ebola, as well as ongoing civil conflicts.
Aid to the Church in Need offers COVID relief to Congo’s nuns, priests
- Aug 3, 2020
For over 20 years, eastern Congo been beset by war and conflict, with rival gangs fighting for control over the region’s rich mineral resources. While other aid organizations and NGOs have fled the area as a result of rising insecurity, religious sisters have remained.
Congo struggling in fight to keep children out of mining industry
- Jul 20, 2020
Event though the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the richest sources of mineral wealth in the world, the people of the country remain among the globe’s poorest. Even worse, many of the miners are children, risking their lives to try and save their families from poverty.
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.
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