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Islamist rebels kill nun, six others at Catholic hospital in DR Congo

October 21, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Sister Marie-Sylvie Kavuke Vakatsuraki, who was killed in Maboya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Oct. 19, 2022. / Courtesy photo

Denver Newsroom, Oct 21, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
A Catholic nun serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo w… […]

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Catholic bishops in DR Congo ‘strongly condemn’ attacks on Church

August 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Members of the standing committee of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO). / CENCO.

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Aug 9, 2021 / 03:00 am (CNA).
Catholic bishops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have condemned r… […]

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Pope Francis: Late Congolese cardinal was ‘a man of justice, peace, and unity’

July 13, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya. / Radio Okapi via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0).

Vatican City, Jul 13, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis paid tribute on Tuesday to the late Congolese Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, describing him as “a man of … […]

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Cardinal who spearheaded democratic process in DR Congo dies at age 81

July 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (1939-2021). / Courtesy photo.

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jul 12, 2021 / 03:35 am (CNA).
Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, who championed human rights, freedom, and greater democracy in the D… […]

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‘Mosques are springing up everywhere’, Congolese bishop says amid fear of Islamization

May 5, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 5, 2021 / 15:01 pm (CNA). The Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen an increase in attacks that target Christians in what a Catholic bishop in the […]

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Catholic bishops in DR Congo worried by killings, forced conversions in east

April 9, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Apr 9, 2021 / 16:01 pm America/Denver (CNA). Renewed violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that has resulted in the killing of civilians is […]

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