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Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Church in Africa

After meeting president, Congo cardinal plays down church/state crisis

by Ngala Killian Chimtom May 20, 2024May 20, 2024

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

Hostile Congo regime may be papal candidate’s ideal campaign manager

by John L. Allen Jr. May 5, 2024

Church in Africa

Clergy, laity protest ‘shameful’ judicial probe of Congo cardinal

by Ngala Killian Chimtom May 4, 2024

Cardinal Fridolin Among Besungu leaves after receiving the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Francis during a consistory inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Oct. 5, 2019. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Church in Africa

Catholic cardinal treated poorly at Congo airport, archdiocese says

by Ngala Killian Chimtom April 16, 2024April 16, 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

Church in Africa

Amid one of history’s deadliest conflicts, African bishops call for ‘City of Peace’

by Ngala Killian Chimtom February 1, 2024February 1, 2024

On the ‘Cobra Effect’ and Congo’s Ambongo as an emerging papal candidate

by John L. Allen Jr. January 31, 2024January 31, 2024

Church in Africa

Catholic charities in Congo warn of cholera risks amid massive floods

by Ngala Killian Chimtom January 13, 2024January 13, 2024

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