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DR Congo: Bishop calls for restraint and respect for human life as fighting rages in Goma
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Goma, the capital of the province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is in imminent danger of being taken over by the ...
A hard Christmas in North Kivu: “Many people are fleeing their villages,” says missionary in Congo
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Father Marcelo Oliveira accuses neighboring countries of instigating the violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where rebel groups did not ...
Motorcycles for Franciscans in the Congo
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Thanks to your generosity, we were able to give $8,543 so Franciscan Fathers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could get three small motorcycles. The Archdiocese ...
Help for the Training of Seminarians in the Congo
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The Diocese of Butembo-Beni is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies in a crisis region between the Congo and Uganda, and is ...
DRC: Bishop calls on authorities to end torment of the Congolese people
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In this message, which was sent to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), the bishop denounces the killings “of a peaceful population, left without ...
DRC: 30 years of wartime evangelization
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“Despite all this, the number of faithful in the archdiocese has increased. And our schools and hospitals are among the most renowned in the country.” ...
10 Motorcycles for Pastoral Work in the Congo
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The Diocese of Boma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo includes 47 parishes, 35 of which are in remote, rural areas. The priests minister ...
Liturgical and Theological Literature for Seminarians in the Congo
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Twenty young men from the Diocese of Bokungu-Ikela are training for the priesthood in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This diocese, which covers an ...
DRC: ‘Our country is not for sale!’
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For more than 30 years, the eastern part of the country has been subject to violence carried out by 120 armed militias, who fight over ...
Two Motorcycles for a Pre-Seminary in the Congo
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The propedeutic, or pre-seminary, in the Diocese of Kasongo is on the eastern side of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the population has ...