Kinshasa, April 21, 2025 (AFP) - DR Congo Catholics say they have lost 'the voice of the voiceless'

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2025-04-21

Church bells tolled across the capital of Africa's most populous Roman Catholic nation on Monday after the death of Pope Francis was announced. Francis, who visited Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2023, was hailed as a "voice for the voiceless". In Kinshasa's Our Lady of the Congo Cathedral, Madeleine Bomendje struggled to accept the news: "It's true that he was sick, he was suffering but I still can't believe it. It's a terrible shock." Some......

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