The Comboni Missionaries have a presence in the cities of Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, and Goma, as well as the rural regions of North Kivu, South Kivu, and Ituri. These areas have been particularly affected by conflict and violence, and the women there are at high risk of...
Kasomba women walk up the steep slopes to quarries in Kamituga, carrying baskets full of quartz stones on their backs. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1,152 women are raped every day 53% of girls 5 to 17 do not attend school 57% of pregnant women are anemic...
The Cross is part and parcel of every Christian vocation. For each Christian, the sharing in the Cross of Christ takes on a different form. For some, the identification with Christ’s sufferings reaches the point of giving their lives as in the case of those Comboni...
The Cross is part and parcel of every Christian vocation. For each Christian, the sharing in the Cross of Christ takes on a different form. For some, the identification with Christ’s sufferings reaches the point of giving their lives as in the case of those Comboni...
DR CONGO — Eight indigenous Pygmies, members of the Batwa community, have been convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison terms for attempting to regain access to their traditional lands. Centuries before other African ethnic groups arrived, the Pygmies were living...
