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November 23, 2017

Pope prays for peace, victims of war in Congo and South Sudan

People chant slogans against Congolese President Joseph Kabila as armed U.N peacekeepers watch protesters Dec. 20, 2016 in Kinshasa. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, political unrest first erupted in 2015 after a bill was proposed which would potentially delay the presidential and parliamentary elections. The bill was widely seen by the opposition as a power grab on the part of Kabila.
VATICAN – With plans to visit South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo this year thwarted by ongoing conflict, Pope Francis on Thursday led a prayer vigil for peace in the two countries, asking for an end to war and comfort for victims of the violence.  
Published in International
March 1, 2017

Catholic nuns the target of growing Congolese attacks

Sister Angélique Namaika, standing, in black, assists women with the clothes they are making at the Maison de La Femme in the town of Dungu, Orientale Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Aug. 1, 2013.

Roman Catholic sisters in the Democratic Republic of Congo are coming under increased attacks as vandals destroy churches and convents in an attempt to frustrate the church’s efforts to act as mediator in an election dispute.

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