The pope met Feb. 2 with 65,000 screaming, singing, swaying young people in Kinshasa’s Martyrs’ Stadium, a soccer stadium named to honor four politicians hanged there in 1966 by the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.
‘The future is in your hands,’ pope tells Congolese young people
Congolese bishop urges government to take control in the East
The bishop circulated the appeal as Kenyan troops were deployed Nov. 2 as part of an East African regional force in eastern Congo, in a fresh bid to end violence by rival militia groups.
Congo’s church urges contributions from multinationals for development
A representative of the Catholic bishops of Congo have called on multinational corporations working in the mineral-rich country to contribute toward local development.