Biden pledge to codify Roe v Wade 'disturbing' and 'tragic,' bishops say
- Jan 23, 2021
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Congolese bishops back protection for doctor who works with rape victims
- Sep 16, 2020
Congolese bishops are expressing solidarity with Denis Mukwege, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning gynecologist who has received death threats over his continued call for justice and accountability over war crimes.
Catholic expert calls attacks on humanitarian workers ‘affront to humanity’
- Aug 30, 2020
It’s been a particularly trying year for humanitarian workers, as they face unprecedented hurdles to assist people in pre-existing crises in 54 countries, plus a further nine which have been catapulted into situations of need by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Women taken from African mothers by Belgium now want redress
- Jul 1, 2020
During colonial times thousands of biracial children known as “métis” were taken away and raised in Belgian institutions as the colonial power promoted a strict separation of white and Black people and systematically tried to prevent interracial unions.
Mixed-race women sue Belgium for placement in Church-run facilities
- Jun 26, 2020
Five mixed-race women born in Congo when the country was under Belgian rule who were taken away from their Black mothers have filed a lawsuit for crimes against humanity targeting the Belgian state.
Congo’s new Ebola outbreak adds strain as agencies respond to COVID-19
- Jun 12, 2020
As Congo battles the COVID-19 pandemic, a new Ebola outbreak has resurfaced in the northwest, just as authorities were prepared to declare the end of Ebola in three eastern provinces.
Congo bishop – and president’s uncle – first African prelate to die of COVID-19
- Apr 22, 2020
A retired bishop in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become the first African bishop to die from COVID-19.
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