Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa
Map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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The University of Texas at Austin
Backgrounder on Democratic Republic of the Congo
February 2009
Congo Bishops on Nation's Ongoing Conflict
"We Are Living Through a Genuine Human Tragedy"
KINSHASA, Congo, NOV. 18, 2008 (Zenit.org) - [Text of] the statement issued Thursday by the Permanent Commission of the National Episcopal Conference of the Congo on the situation of the war-torn country.
Letter to Secretary of State Rice from Bishop Hubbard, IJP Chairman
Nov. 25, 2008
“We ask that you redouble your efforts to keep an effective U.S. government presence on the ground to reinvigorate the Tripartite Plus talks to address the root causes of this long running tragedy.”
Read the full text of Bishop Hubbard’s letter to Secretary Rice (PDF)
Letter to Senators Brownback and Feingold from Bishop Hubbard, IJP Chairman
Nov. 25, 2008
“[USCCB] is following the tragic events in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with concern and sadness. We were grateful for your letters to President Paul Kagame (October 20, 2008) and President Joseph Kabila (November 3, 2008). We support your effort to influence the various parties to the conflict to call for a halt to the heated rhetoric and fighting.”
Read the full text of Bishop Hubbard’s letter to Senators Brownback and Feingold (PDF)
Letter to Bishop Djomo, President of Congolese Bishops Conference, from Bishop Hubbard, IJP Chairman
Nov. 25, 2008
“At this time of suffering and crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), I write to express the solidarity of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops with the Church and people of the DRC. Your Conference statements of October 13 and November 13 are the most recent examples of a long history of courageous Episcopal leadership in the face of conflict.”
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- Background on Democratic Republic of the Congo
February 2008
- Background on Democratic Republic of the Congo
February 2007
- Action Alert: The Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security and Democracy Promotion Act
CRS and USCCB, December 6, 2006
- Action Alert: The Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006
USCCB and CRS, November 13, 2006
- Letter to House on the Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006 (S. 2125)
Bishop Thoms G. Wenski, November 2, 2006
- Presentation by Bishop John Ricard to Conference on Catholic Peacebuilding
July 28, 2006
- Backgrounder on DRC
April 2006
- Letter to Senator Biden, Brownback, Lugar, and Obama on S. 2125
Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, March 27, 2006
- Statement on Massacre in Eastern Congo
Bishop John Ricard, July 15, 2005
- Update on DRC
May 2005
- Testimony on the Crisis in the Great Lakes
Gerard Powers, USCCB and Ken Hackett, CRS, April 3, 2003
- Statement on the Democratic Republic of Congo
Cardinal Bernard Law, July 10, 2000
- Statement on the Arrest of Archbishop Emmanuel Kataliko
Cardinal Bernard Law, February 17, 2000
- Statement on the Congo
Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, October 27, 1999
- Letter from Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick to Secretary of State
October 28, 1997
- Inadequate Efforts in Central Africa Weaken International Community's Credibility
October 29, 1997