At churches around Rome on Sunday (May 4), the cardinals who begin their voting for pope May 7, made customary visits to ...

Of the small handful of papal contenders, an even smaller subset tends flocks in countries at war. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn’t just about intense ...

Virtually all banks are closed. Currency shortages abound. Staples prices have jumped. Now residents are finding themselves ...

The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is helping transfer hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers ...

He took over leadership of the country in 2001 at the age of just 29, after his father and former coup leader, President ...

On 23 April, delegations from Kinshasa and rebel group M23’s political affiliate, Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), declared their ...

Heavy rains have triggered severe flooding from a key river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo capital Kinshasa, killing some 30 people and destroying homes and roads.

Father Camille Esika, rector of Notre Dame du Congo Parish in Kinshasa, fondly remembered Pope Francis' 2023 visit to the ...

In this particular case, the ICRC was approached by several actors – notably the DRC’s ministry of defence and veterans, ...