Catholic institutions shelter thousands amid renewed fighting in Central African Republic

October 02, 2015

Catholic parishes and other institutions are sheltering at least 5,000 persons displaced by renewed fighting in the Central African Republic, according to L’Osservatore Romano.

The Pontiff is scheduled to visit the nation in November.

Likely referring to UN peacekeepers, Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga of Bangui, the nation’s leading prelate, said that “the international community that works here” seems “passive or incapable.”

 

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Further information:

• Chiese come rifugio (L’Osservatore Romano, p. 6)
• Wave of violence in Central African Republic, site of November papal visit (CWN, 9/29)