Congo
Congolese faith leaders step up efforts to promote dialogue among warring groups
By Tonny Onyulo — November 7, 2023
GOMA, Congo (RNS) — Church leaders are conducting weekly workshops to train traditional and church leadership in how to promote peace in their communities.
Trashing Pope Francis won’t make Congo’s complex problems simpler
By Thomas Reese — February 13, 2023
(RNS) — The pontiff also blamed the country's leaders for its problems.
Pope urges Congo youth to reject corruption and they respond
By Jean-yves Kamale, Nicole Winfield, and Christina Malkia — February 2, 2023
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Deafening cheers and chants greeted Francis on his last full day in Congo as he joined tens of thousands of young people at the Martyrs’ Stadium in the capital, Kinshasa. The Vatican said more than 65,000 people attended.
Pope Francis moves ahead with delayed Africa visit despite violence in Congo
By Junno Arocho Esteves — January 25, 2023
(RNS) — A Vatican spokesman said ‘there was no specific threat’ to the 86-year-old pontiff.
Pope reschedules Congo, South Sudan trip for Jan. 31-Feb. 5
By Nicole Winfield and Deng Machol — December 2, 2022
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The trip will not include a stop in Congo’s conflict-ravaged east, but will fulfill a years-long wish to accompany other Christian leaders to the young nation of South Sudan.
Pope denies resignation rumors, hopes to visit Kyiv, Moscow
By Associated Press — July 5, 2022
ROME (AP) — He said his knee is ‘slowly getting better’ with laser and magnet therapy.
NBA’s Biyombo brings Congo to the pope after trip canceled
By Associated Press — June 22, 2022
VATICAN CITY (AP) — 6-foot-9 Biyombo towered over the Argentine pope, even as he stood for photos.
Pope nixes procession but plans Mass for Congolese on July 3
By Associated Press — June 13, 2022
ROME (AP) — Francis has canceled his participation in several events this year due to the strained ligaments in his right knee that have made walking and standing difficult.
Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Congolese cleric and statesman, dies at 81
By Fredrick Nzwili — July 14, 2021
(RNS) — The former archbishop of Kinshasa is remembered as both a church leader and a statesman who fought fearlessly for human rights, and helped guide the nation through a turbulent political transition.
Alarmed African churches demand end to persistent xenophobic attacks in S. Africa
By Fredrick Nzwili — September 24, 2019
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — As the latest wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa dies out, churches in the country and others on the continent are demanding an end to the persistent problem, affecting economic migrants in one of Africa’s biggest economies.
In central Africa, Islamist militias complicate church efforts to battle Ebola
By Fredrick Nzwili — May 22, 2019
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Intent on disrupting efforts to stop the spread of the disease and on delegitimizing local authorities, militants have attacked Christian pastors and health workers.
Religious leaders in Congo urge the country to go to the polls to replace Kabila
By Fredrick Nzwili — December 19, 2018
(RNS) — Two years after the country's Roman Catholic bishops brokered a deal to delay elections, they are framing the vote as a chance to reclaim the country for justice and peace.
Congolese Pentecostals see Denis Mukwege, Nobel Prize-winning doctor, as a ‘blessing’
By Bob Smietana — October 18, 2018
(RNS) — The doctor has dedicated his award to women all over the world harmed by conflict and suffering violence every day.
After priest is killed in Congo, clerics say they won’t be intimidated
By Lauren Markoe — April 13, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — The killing of a parish priest in the Goma Diocese was the second murder of a Catholic priest by militias in the last three years.
10 Roman Catholic priests arrested in protests in Congo
By Lauren Markoe — January 22, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — The church brokered the agreement by which the country's authoritarian leader, President Joseph Kabila, was supposed to have stepped down more than a year ago.
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