Taking the Catholic Pulse

Support Us
About Us
- Contact Details
- Advertising

© 2026 Crux Now Media, LLC

Privacy & Cookie Policy

About Crux
Contact Us
Advertising
Videos
Support Us
FAQs

Podcast:

Crux’s Newsletters

Today's top stories delivered straight into your inbox.

Email*

I consent to the terms of the Privacy Policy.*

Latest

Pope to visit France in September with a stop at UNESCO

DRC

Pope Leo XIV: Angelus appeals for peace in DRC, relief for victims of flooding in southern Africa

Jan 18
Crux Now Staff

Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly surrendered to M23 rebels arrive in Goma, Congo, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Armed groups in DR Congo still recruit children to their ranks

Jun 20, 2025
Ngala Killian Chimtom

A UN armored personnel carrier burns during clashes with M23 rebels outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

European Parliament, COMECE president issue calls for EU action on DRC crisis

Feb 14, 2025
Crux Now Staff

Congolese bishop says he is dismayed as violence grows in Goma

Congolese bishop says he is dismayed as violence grows in Goma

Jan 29, 2025
Ngala Killian Chimtom

People displaced by the ongoing fighting between Congolese forces and M23 rebels gather in a camp on the outskirts of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Bishops call on warring parties to respect ceasefire agreement

Aug 15, 2024
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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.)

Pope Francis condemns ‘act of blind hatred’ in Eastern Congo

May 10, 2024
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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.)

Catholic cardinal treated poorly at Congo airport, archdiocese says

Apr 16, 2024
Ngala Killian Chimtom

MONUSCO blue helmet deployed near Kibumba, north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Jan. 28, 2022. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

Cardinal claims Democratic Republic of Congo’s neighbors fueling country’s violence

Feb 29, 2024
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Congo’s bishops say diplomat’s death drew attention to insecurity

Mar 3, 2021
Fredrick Nzwili, CNS

Pope trip to Congo won’t happen until after elections, says Vatican ambassador

Sep 19, 2017
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Latest Stories

Tag: DRC | Crux

Pope to visit France in September with a stop at UNESCO

May 16
Associated Press

Premium article: New Orleans kept accused priest in pulpit despite complaints: misconduct ‘involved adults’, archdiocese admits

May 16
Christopher R. Altieri

The Vatican has said a lot about artificial intelligence. A primer ahead of the pope’s encyclical

May 16
Nicole Winfield

Trump administration sues Catholic diocese to seize land near El Paso for border barrier

May 16
Uriel J. Garcia/ The Texas Tribune