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Bishops in DRC’s Kisangani Ecclesiastical Province Decry Insecurity, Attacks on Priests

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The rising cases of insecurity within the Ecclesiastical Province of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) including “cases of aggression on Priests” is a major concern of Church leaders in the region of the Central African country, acts they have strongly condemned during their recent meeting of the Provincial Episcopal Assembly of Kisangani (ASSEPKIS).

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