In an emotional meeting with victims and internally displaced persons, Pope Francis listened to unfiltered accounts of their harrowing recent past, lamenting for those who benefit from the violence to "stop getting rich from resources and money stained with blood."
Feb 10, 2021 author
Displaced people are seen in a file photo along a road near Goma, Congo. (Credit: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters via CNS.)
A leading Catholic aid agency has condemned what it calls “cyclical violence and continuing human rights abuses targeting civilian populations in North Kivu and Ituri Provinces” of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A leading Catholic aid agency has condemned what it calls “cyclical violence and continuing human rights abuses targeting civilian populations in North Kivu and Ituri Provinces” of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Armed groups have been active in the area for decades, attacking civilians and battling each other and government forces for control of the region’s mineral resources.