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by bcadmin | Oct 30, 2022 | anti-Christian violence, Catholic hospitals, Catholic missionaries, Church in Africa, Congo bishops, Democratic Republic of Congo, lead, News | 0 |
Bishop Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo of Uvira says the Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is under attack in the east of the country as various militias seek control of natural resources.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 26, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Democratic Republic of Congo, General Audience, News, Pope Francis, Ukraine, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis condemned an attack on a Congolese village that led to the deaths of seven people, including a nun, after gunman looted and burned homes and a local health center.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 8, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Church in Africa, CRS, Democratic Republic of Congo, News | 0 |
In the midst of war in eastern Congo, churches have opened their doors to fleeing populations, as the frequent clashes keep people in endless cycle of movement.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 21, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, faith and sports, lead, News, Pope Francis | 0 |
Pope Francis may have canceled his planned trip to Congo because of his bad knee, but he had a visit Tuesday from one of Congo’s brightest basketball stars who briefed him on his humanitarian efforts back home.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 13, 2022 | Catholic Church, Catholic news, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, News, News Briefs, Pope Francis, Pope Francis in DR Congo and South Sudan, Vatican, Vatican News | 0 |
Pope Francis meets participants in the general chapter of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, June 13, 2022. / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, Jun 13, 2022 / 06:52 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said on Monday…
by bcadmin | Jun 12, 2022 | Democratic Republic of Congo, lead, News, Pope Francis, South Sudan, Synod of Bishops on Youth, Vatican | 0 |
“It is with great disappointment that I have had to make this decision … and I ask your forgiveness,” Francis said Sunday at the end of his weekly Sunday Angelus prayer.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 9, 2022 | Books, Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indigenous peoples, lead, News, News Analysis, South Sudan | 0 |
Assuming the pontiff’s health holds up, Pope Francis’s outings between now and September will take him to three foreign countries and two destinations inside Italy.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 4, 2022 | Church in Africa, Congo bishops, Democratic Republic of Congo, lead, News, Papal travel | 0 |
Just weeks before the historic visit of Pope Francis to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the country’s bishops have once again expressed frustration at the escalating violence to the east of the country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 31, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, News, Papal travel, Papal Trips, Pope Francis, South Sudan | 0 |
Despite ongoing knee pain and trouble walking, Pope Francis will travel to Congo and South Sudan as planned July 2-7, the Vatican confirmed May 28.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 10, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Congo bishops, Democratic Republic of Congo, News | 0 |
As Ituri, a province in northeastern Congo, reels from yet another deadly attack, Catholic leaders there are talking to the militias in an effort to prevent more violence.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 19, 2022 | Church in Africa, Congo bishops, Democratic Republic of Congo, lead, News, Papal travel, Papal Trips | 0 |
Bishop Sébastien Muyengo of Uvira Diocese, located in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, says Pope Francis is coming to the country to console its people.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 15, 2022 | Caritas, Church in Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, lead, News, Trócaire | 0 |
Eastern Congo has seen a rise in violence, with at least 1200 people killed last year.
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