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Pope Francis met the Catholic bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo on his final day in Kinshasa on Feb. 3, 2023 / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Feb 3, 2023 / 03:20 am (CNA).The enthusiasm, joy, and missionary zeal of Congolese Catholics give oxygen to the whole Church, Pope Francis said during his final meeting in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday."As a Church we need to breathe the pure air of the Gospel, to dispel the tainted air of worldliness, to safeguard the young heart of faith. That is how I imagine the African Church and that is how I see this Congolese Church,"...

At a Mass including more than one million participants, Pope Francis on Feb. 1 urged war-weary Congolese Catholics to be a "conscience of peace" as Africa's most populous Catholic nation struggles against ongoing armed conflict and entrenched ethnic divisions.

The call was given by the bishops' conference to express anger at the recurring crisis lasting nearly three decades

Congolese faithful give mixed reaction to Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo’s announcement of a papal visit to Africa’s largest Catholic country, a trip that was supposed to take place last July

Pope Francis had to cancel his ecumenical pilgrimage of peace with the Anglican and Presbyterian leaders to the African nation