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Rwandan genocide

Bishop Philippe Rukamba during the launch of the manual that seeks to foster healing, unity and reconciliation among victims of the 1994 genocide against Tutsis. Credit: Radio Maria Rwanda

Rwandan Catholic Diocese Moves to Foster Healing, Reconciliation among Genocide Victims

Jun 5, 2024

The Catholic Diocese of Butare in Rwanda has launched a manual that seeks to foster healing, unity and reconciliation among victims of the 1994 genocide against Tutsis.

Fr. Marcel Uwineza. Credit: Sr. Olga Massango

Stories of Rwandan Women “scarred by genocide” Must Be Told: Jesuit Priest on 30th Anniversary of Mass Killing

Apr 15, 2024

Women who were sexually assaulted, infected with diseases, and forced into exile, among other brutalities during the 1994 genocide against Tutsis remain deeply scarred three decades later, and their stories must be told, a Rwandan-born Jesuit Priest has said.

Fr. Thégène Ngoboka, director of the Cyangugu Justice and Peace Commission in Rwanda. Credit: ACN

Catholic Church in Rwanda Journeying with Prisoners to Heal Wounds of Civil War

May 7, 2023

Nearly three decades after the Rwandan genocide in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed, the wounds are still tender, and a lot still needs to be done to bring about forgiveness by those who remain wounded.