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In search of one good idea at the Synod of Bishops
… a role in attempting to resolve conflicts in Darfur, Comoros, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, the Ivory Coast and other countries. The AU headquarters are located in Addis …
Calling this week in Rome 'eventful' is an understatement
… of martyrdom. (Archbishop François Maroy Rusengo from Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reported that a parish in his archdiocese was burned down just two days before the synod …
Women religious take the podium at Africa synod
… morning, Sr. Pauline Odia Bukasa of the “Ba-Maria” Sisters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to participants in the synod, Bukasa told synod members that women … brunt of the various crises that sometimes plague Africa, particularly violence and poverty. Congo in particular has been wracked by several cycles of violence in the last two decades. The center of a regional war centered on the Great Lakes, Congo has seen an estimated one and a half to two million people killed over that span of time, …
Without even showing up, Obama's a force at African Synod
… a black pope. Next up came Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of the Democratic Republic of Congo, who in a synod speech on Monday called Obama’s election a “divine sign” and a “sign from …
Obama's election a 'divine sign,' African bishop tells synod
… yesterday afternoon from Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of the Synod of Bishops for Africa meeting in the Vatican Oct. 4-25. Monsengwo …
Africa's dynamism real but also deceptive, cardinal says
… only four are presently at war: Somalia, Sudan, Niger and parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. “Indeed, there are fewer wars in Africa than in Asia,” Turkson said. •tPublic officials …
Synod for Africa opens to high hopes, but realism
… most heavily Christian nations in Africa are Burundi, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Congo-Brazaville. They also, of course, are the four nations which have seen the most appalling … a half, including the Rwandan genocide and the vast war in the Great Lakes region centered on Congo -- each of which have left millions dead and generated tens of millions of refugees. …
Guerrillas abduct 17 Catholics from Sudan church
… of killings and abductions in two towns near the borders of the Central African Republic and Congo. In one case guerrillas stormed into a Catholic church in Ezo and desecrated the Eucharist, …
Build global economy on 'Christian humanism' pope says
… John L. Allen Jr. … A boy injured by fighting in in eastern Congo sits in a hospital. Pope Benedict XVI's newest encyclical addresses social issues, … other concerns. (CNS photo/Finbarr O'Reilly, Reuters) A boy injured by fighting in in eastern Congo sits in a hospital. Pope Benedict XVI's newest encyclical addresses social issues, …
On the death of Fr. Larry Rosebaugh
… The gunmen robbed them of cash and cell phones, and then opened fire. A priest from the Congo suffered serious wounds; Larry died then and there. I behold the scene and feel …