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Global Catholic Peace Movement Seeking Justice for Italian Ambassador Murdered in DR Congo

Mar 4, 2021

The leadership of Pax Christi International, a global Catholic peace movement, has called on the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to bring to justice the killers of Italian Ambassador in the country, Luca Attanasio.

Photos of Luca Attanasio and Vittorio Iacovacci during the Memorial Mass at the Our Lady of Congo Cathedral. / Courtesy Photo

Murder of Italian Ambassador in DR Congo “must not go in vain”: Nuncio at Memorial Mass

Mar 3, 2021

At the Eucharistic celebration in memory of late Luca Attanasio, the Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) murdered just over a week ago, the representative of the Holy Father in the Central African nation said that the diplomat’s death offers a call to resist evil and “must not be in vain.”

Late Luca Attanasio / Public Domain

Slain Italian Ambassador Remembered for Supporting Missionaries, Volunteers in DR Congo

Feb 24, 2021

The death of Luca Attanasio, the Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who was killed in an ambush on a United Nations convoy in the Eastern part of the country has left missionaries who knew him with memories of a diplomat who worked tirelessly to support their apostolate.

Italian Ambassador in Kenya during his courtesy call to the Institute of Religious Dialogue and Islamic Studies (IRDIS) of Tangaza University College (TUC), Nairobi on January 28, 2020. From left: TUC's Vice Chancellor Designate, Prof. David Wang’ombe; Ambassador Alberto Pieri; Second Secretary, Italian Embassy in Kenya, Giacomo Montemarani; and IRDIS Director, Fr. Innocent Maganya / Tangaza University College

Italian Ambassador in Kenya Explores Collaboration on “matters of Interreligious dialogue”

Jan 31, 2020

The Italian Ambassador in Kenya, Alberto Pieri, is exploring the possibility of collaborating with the Institute of Religious Dialogue and Islamic Studies (IRDIS), one of the nine Institutes of the Kenya-based Catholic Institution of higher learning, Tangaza University College (TUC) on issues related to dialogue between members of different religions, ACI Africa has been told after the Ambassador paid a courtesy call to the institute Tuesday, January 28.