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… is planning to set up similar coalitions of religious leaders in Brazil, Peru, Indonesia and Congo. Those four countries, along with Colombia, hold 70 percent of the world's rainforests. "We …

… at American University's Washington College of Law featuring journalists from Eritrea and Congo-Brazzaville who have survived grave human rights abuses. "Most of our survivors have family …

… … Here's what's new at NCRonline.org today: … Bishops press for violence-free campaign as Congo crisis escalates … Column: …   Viganò's third screed unintentionally reveals his true …

… Tawanda Karombo … The political and humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo is tense ahead of elections expected on Dec. 23 as Catholic bishops around the country … of disease such as Ebola and continued infighting between government and rebel forces. Congo's Catholic bishops have been highly critical of Kabila and his government and have been …

… at Kakuma, which hosts almost 180,000 refugees from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia and Uganda. Many refugees at the camp believe that …

… Ajiambo … Religion News Service … Thousands of faithful in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are staying home from church services to avoid contracting or spreading Ebola. "We are … virus continues to spread. Since August, when the latest outbreak was declared in eastern Congo, 137 confirmed or probable cases have been registered, including 92 deaths, according to … fluids of those infected, is highly contagious and can kill within days. The virus returned to Congo only days after a previous outbreak that killed 29 people was declared over in July. Two …

… over his handling of abuse allegations; Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, Congo, who turns 79 in early October; and 77-year-old Australian Cardinal George Pell, who …

… his fellow-bishops insisted in a statement.  Similarly, in the nearby Democratic Republic of Congo, the Catholic Church has been instrumental in attempts to curb violence by armed groups, … Its leaders have also sought to mediate in worsening political disputes, while urging Congo's president, Joseph Kabila, to uphold the constitution by allowing long-delayed elections. …

… area around Bangassou, a small market city on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as a nearly five-year-old civil war between the Christian majority and Muslims has divided …

… in one of the largest employer stings in recent years. Catholics in the Democratic Republic of Congo will not be baptized, confirmed, ordained or anointed until a recent outbreak of Ebola is …

… MacDonald … Religion News Service … An Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo last month has led Roman Catholics to stop administering several sacraments temporarily in … meat from wildlife)," said the Rev. Josue' Bulambo Lembe–Lembe of the Church of Christ in Congo in Bukavu in a telephone interview with Religion News Service. His church has put water …

… Dachs … Catholic News Service … Visits by church leaders to Ebola-affected communities in Congo are helping prevention efforts, while the urban nature of the latest outbreak of the deadly … well to treatment," Overcamp said in a May 24 telephone interview from Kinshasa, capital of Congo. She said the priest contracted Ebola while "taking care of someone who passed away." Ebola … Mbandaka. There are 28 confirmed Ebola cases, as well as 21 probable and two suspected cases, Congo's health ministry said May 22. The presence of Ebola in Mbandaka, a trading hub of 1.2 …

… of Armagh, Ireland; Laurent Monsengwo, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Zenon Grocholewski, former prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education; Edoardo …

… He had intervened to protect refugees camped at the church compound from the rebels. In the Congo, Catholic priests are also on alert. One was killed last month, the second in three years. …

… India; Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, Germany; Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, Congo; and Giuseppe Bertello, president of the commission governing Vatican City State. …

… to the “toxic evangelicalism” of  those who supported President Donald Trump. A priest in the Congo was shot and killed shortly after celebrating Mass . Church leaders are calling for an …

… Godfrey Olukya … Catholic News Service … A Catholic priest was shot dead in Congo shortly after celebrating Mass. U.N. radio in Congo reported April 9 that Father Etienne Nsengiunva, a priest in Kitchanga, was shot at … no evidence of the priest's whereabouts. Ngango was the sixth priest abducted in the eastern Congo since 2012 and one of the few abductees in the region to be released. Civilians in eastern …

… Fides. Ngango 's abduction brings to six the number of priests kidnapped since 2012 in eastern Congo. Last July, Fathers Jean-Pierre Akilimali and Charles Kipasa were abducted from their … With the government failing to exercise any meaningful control in the region, civilians in Congo's North Kivu region, which borders Rwanda and Uganda, have been brutalized by militias, …

… to the world's most serious situations of conflict, including in Syria, the Holy Land, Yemen, Congo, South Sudan, Ukraine, the Korean peninsula and Venezuela. "We Christians believe and know …

… African Republic for 38 years and was appointed to Bangassou, on the southeastern border with Congo, in 2000. "Countless international delegations have come and left the same day, because no …