Congo
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Pope, in Congo, calls for an ‘amnesty of the heart’ to build peace
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published February 1, 2023In a country where most people are Christian and all are suffering from decades of violence and atrocities, Pope Francis told the Congolese to lay down their weapons and their rancor.
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Congo’s bishops: Catholics face new wave of violence
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Published April 20, 2017KINSHASA, Congo (CNS)—Congo’s bishops said Catholics are facing a new wave of violence following the collapse of a church mediation plan, and in some places church leaders have fled to the forest. In late March, the bishops abandoned attempts to arrange a government-opposition power-sharing settlement and, within days, violence erupted in eastern Congo. “The militias […]