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Gavin Ashenden
Democratic Republic of Congo
Two injured in church bombing in Democratic Republic of Congo
June 28, 2021
A makeshift bomb exploded in a Catholic Church in Beni, in the province of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday, injuring two people. The bomb went off around 6 am local time (0400 GMT), about one hour ahead of scheduled Confirmations in the church. “They were targeting a large crowd because the ceremony
Islamic insurgency intensifies in eastern DRC
May 19, 2021
A scene of destruction in Butembo-Beni diocese on 24 March 2021, following an attack by suspected ADF/NALU forces. Photo courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need   Islamic insurgents in the Democratic Republic of Congo are engaged in “relentless” violence. A bishop from a hard-hit diocese in the country has given a leading Catholic
63-year-old Congolese Bishop resigns: no reason given
May 18, 2021
The Vatican on Monday announced the resignation of Bishop Joseph Banga Bane, just two days shy of the Congolese prelate’s sixty-fourth birthday. Pope John Paul II named Joseph Banga Bishop of the Diocese of Buta in 1995 when he was just 38 years old. Just last month, Bishop Banga celebrated the silver jubilee of his
DRC Bishop: Government’s indifference to violence is a sign of weakness or complicity
May 05, 2021
In an interview with Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, Bishop Paluku Sikuli Melchisédech of Butembo-Beni, in the north-eastern part of the country, says the government’s inaction in the face of the crisis is either “weakness, or it is complicity.”
As Congo turns 60, cardinal says the country has failed
July 02, 2020
The "great dreams" of the people had been shuttered by successive regimes, Cardinal Ambongo said
DRC’s president tries to win the Church over
February 13, 2020
When the Independent National Election Commission declared Félix Tshisekedi the winner of the presidential election in January 2019, the Catholic Church was swift to contest the outFélix Tshisekedicome. The then Archbishop Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa declared that he believed the true winner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo election was Tshisekedi’s rival, Martin
Congolese Catholics urge cardinal to run for president
August 03, 2018
Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya said he has 'other things to do'
Police fire tear gas and arrest altar boys during Mass in Congo
January 03, 2018
Congolese bishops condemned 'with the utmost vigour' the 'attack on freedom of worship'
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