Pope Francis: Angelus appeal for peace in DRC
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis appealed for peace and reconciliation
in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday.
The central African nation has been experiencing another
period political crisis ahead of the expiry of President Joseph Kabila’s term
of office.
The DRC is preparing for unrest – including protests and
violence, when the mandate of President Joseph Kabila, whom critics accuse of
seeking to stay in power indefinitely, expires on Monday.
“I ask you all to pray that dialogue in the Democratic
Republic of Congo might unfold with serenity,” the Holy Father said in remarks
to pilgrims and tourists that followed the traditional Sunday Angelus prayer,
“in order that all manner of violence be avoided, and [to pray] for the good of
the whole country.”
In Kinshasa, the capital, police have set up checkpoints,
while soldiers in armoured vehicles have been deployed to strategic points
throughout the city, which has some 12 million inhabitants.
Flights into the DRC have been empty, while many members of
the country’s wealthy elite have already fled.
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