Congo’s Cardinal Monsengwo lashes out at government violence
January 24, 2018
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CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo of Kinshasa denounced the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo for the violent attacks on peaceful demonstrators. The cardinal said that police brought military equipment to the January 21 demonstration, and treated citizens as hostile forces. “Are we now living in an open prison?” he asked.
The demonstrations—backed by the country’s Catholic bishops—were protesting the refusal of President Joseph Kabila’s refusal to leave office; his presidential mandate ended in December 2016.
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