Three motorcycles for two parishes Thanks to your generosity, we were able to provide $11,620 towards the purchase of three small motorcycles for the Franciscan Fathers running two parishes in the south of the country. Located in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Archdiocese of Kananga covers part of the southern Kasai region, which in …
Category archives: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Being a priest today: One of the most dangerous missions in the world
The number of priests and religious kidnapped in 2024 increased, while the number arrested for reasons of persecution decreased. In total, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) registered 122 cases impacting priests and religious, including 13 murders, 38 kidnappings, and 71 held under arrest. Ten of these incidents involved women, eight of whom were …
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North Kivu, DR Congo – A hard Christmas
“Many people are fleeing their villages,” says missionary Fr. Marcelo Oliveira accuses neighbouring countries of instigating the violence taking place in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where rebel groups did not even respect a Christmas truce. (Cover photo: in 2017, victims of M23 set camp in Goma outskirts). Christmas was a difficult …
ACN Project of the Week – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Help for the training of 161 seminarians in the Diocese of Butembo-Beni The Diocese of Butembo-Beni is situated in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the crisis region of North Kivu, rich in natural resources, on the frontier between the DR Congo and neighbouring Uganda. For years now, the rebels of …
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ACN Success Story – Democratic Republic of the Congo
10 motorcycles for pastoral work in rural parishes The Diocese of Boma lies in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and 35 of the 47 parishes that belong to it are located in remote rural areas. The priests minister to the faithful with joy and great zeal, but the distances are daunting, …
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DRC-Bishop calls on authorities to end the torment of the Congolese people
After new massacres in North-Kivu, Msgr. Sikuli Paluku, bishop of Butembo-Beni, in a message sent to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), denounced the atrocities committed by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) since the beginning of June 2024. The bishop insists that there cannot be a separation between faith and the defence of human …
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ACN Success Story – DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Liturgical and theological literature for future priests There are presently 20 young men from the Diocese of Bokungu-Ikela who are training for the priesthood at various seminaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Their diocese, which covers an area of just over 40,000 km², is roughly the …
DRC – “Our country is not for sale!”
Six bishops from the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have written an “assessment of the pastoral and social situation” of the country, following a meeting which took place in Butembo, from April 8-14, and which paints a bleak picture of the state of the country and denounces how “the dignity of …
Project of the Week – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Two motorcycles for the pre-seminary in Kasongo The propaedeutic, or pre-seminary, in the Diocese of Kasongo, lies in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the population—unlike in other parts of the country—has a Muslim majority. The seminary was founded in 1936 and soon afterwards began to take in candidates from …
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Democratic Republic of the Congo – The Church at the bottom of a mine
Despite the extreme poverty of its population, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the main suppliers of rare minerals in the world. The Church is committed to ensuring that miners are treated more fairly. They live far from the cities and can only imagine what the ugly grey rocks they extract from …
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