Rwanda

Congolese civilians gather in the village of Nyamukubi, May 6, 2023, after the death of their family members following flooding and landslides that destroyed buildings and forced aid workers to gather mud-clad corpses into piles. (OSV News/Reuters)

Families search through mud for relatives as death toll reaches 400 in Congo floods

Rains triggered flooding and landslides in Rubavu, Rwanda, May 3, swamping residents homes. As the death toll from the flooding and landslides in neighboring Congo surpassed 400, Catholic bishops in the country expressed their deep sorrow and called for support.

Pope Francis dons a headdress that was gifted to him during a visit with Indigenous peoples at Maskwaci, the former Ermineskin Residential School, Monday, July 25, 2022, in Maskwacis, Alberta. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Vatican News

Vatican unveils new ethnographic display of Rwanda screens

By Nicole Winfield, The Associated Press
A woman near the White House in Washington holds a sign during a March 6 protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (CNS/Reuters/Sarah Silbiger)
NCR Voices

The West's moral calculi become more fraught as genocide looms and oil prices rise

By Michael Sean Winters
Book Reviews

Rwandan memoir recounts couple's harrowing tale

By Bill Tammeus

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Timeline Headlines

Peacekeepers drive past burning tires as they patrol protests against President Joseph Kabila in Kinshasa, Congo, April 10, 2017. (CNS/Reuters/Robert Carrubba)

Africa's Catholic bishops assert peace-building priorities

Making Peace: In places like Congo and the Central African Republic, church leaders have been deeply involved in peacemaking, in a mark of the engagement fostered by Pope Francis.

ByJonathan Luxmoore

'Bending the Arc' documents group's fight to save lives in developing countries

Film Review: "Bending the Arc" tells the story of the organization Partners in Health and its remarkable work to bring health care to the people in developing countries.

ByRose Pacatte

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