Goma, 07 February, 2025 / 11:29 pm (ACI Africa).
Members of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) have hailed the efforts by the Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to foster dialogues, and end fighting in the eastern region of the country.
In their statement on Friday, February 7, the Bishops from the nine-member secretariat noted that the Church in DRC has shown closeness with those affected by the war.
“IMBISA praises the commitment of the Congolese Catholic Church for its involvement in promoting dialogue and its entire commitment to this approach to find a peaceful way out of the crisis, as well as the role it has played in building peace and assures its ready prayer and comfort to all those affected!” the Bishops said.
The Bishops expressed their solidarity with the Church in DRC amid reports of the “worst escalation” of the protracted violent conflict in the mineral-rich part of the country.
“IMBISA condemns all types of violence and joins the voice of the universal and regional Church and the Congolese Episcopal Conference in solidarity in condemning all types of violence that have led to loss of human life and suffering resulting from these conflicts,” said the Bishops from Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Sao Tome and Principe, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
