DRC Bishops Committed to Promoting Peace, Reconciliation and National Cohesion

Congolese bishops deny ‘coup conspiracy’ claims

Congolese bishops dismissed this week a senior politician’s claim that they are engaged in a conspiracy to topple the country’s President Félix Tshisekedi.Jean-Pierre Bemba, deputy prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, pictured in 2005. Vice President’s Secretariat/wikimedia GODL-India.In a June 11 statement, the bishops accused deputy prime minister Jean-Pierre Bemba of “repeatedly making reckless, baseless, and unfounded alle…

DRC Bishops committed to promoting peace, reconciliation and national cohesion

The National Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo (CENCO) responded on Thursday, 12 June, to a statement made on Monday, 9 June, during a press briefing by the DRC’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Jean-Pierre Bemba, accusing Catholic Bishops of attitudes that could harm the country’s stability. The Congolese Bishops fear that such a statement from a senior government minister could jeopardise and undermine nat…

Ceasefire gives civilians breathing space in DRC

DR Congo’s Bishops Condemn as “reckless, unfounded” Deputy Prime Minister’s Allegations against Catholic Church

Members of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) have condemned recent public remarks made by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Jean-Pierre Bemba, accusing him of making repeated and unjustified attacks against the Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In a statement issued Wednesday, June 11, CENCO members say they followed “with great consternation—but not real surprise—the nonsense spoken by Mr.…