![The aftermath of an attack on a hospital in DRC in 2022.](https://acnuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/0620DRC-e1718896340510.jpeg)
DRC: Bishop calls on authorities to end killings after latest slaughter
A Congolese bishop has made a fresh plea for the country’s leaders to stop the armed conflict…
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DRC: ‘Our country is not for sale’
Congolese bishops have painted a harrowing picture of the severe challenges facing the population because of internal…
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DRC: Church helping to end the exploitation of miners in war zone
The Church is supporting initiatives assisting miners dying of hunger in areas rich in natural resources in…
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DRC/UGANDA: School massacre follows bishops’ dire warning
Just weeks after bishops warned that militant attacks in central Africa were spiralling out of control, an…
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DRC: Turn the ‘river of blood’ into an ‘ocean of reconciliation’
POPE Francis’s visit this week to the Democratic Republic of the Congo is aimed at transforming a…
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DRC: Priest: The world has abandoned our terrorised people
A SENIOR Catholic priest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has denounced what he describes as…
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DRC: Abducted Sister is released
A nun who was kidnapped last week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been set…
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DRC: Plea for prayers for kidnapped Sister
A religious congregation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has appealed for prayers for a nun…
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DRC: Trapped between bandits and a volcanic eruption
Tens of thousands of people are risking assaults by armed groups as they evacuate the city of…
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DRC: ‘Killed in their hospital beds’
A bishop from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has given a harrowing account of the Islamist…
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DRC: ‘The government doesn’t care’
The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is guilty of either weakness or complicity, according…
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DRC: Bishops warn of new Islamisation threat
The bishops of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have condemned rebel violence in the east…