Here are some of the major stories of the Catholic Church around the world that you might have missed this past week.

A February 2025 cover features a cartoon referencing the 1884 Berlin Conference ... unpacks the interests of the key players. The M23 rebel group entered the outskirts of Bukavu, a city of 1.3 million ...

A FARDC BATT UMG destroyed by M23 rebels. The current conditions in the Democratic ... A February 2025 cover features a cartoon referencing the 1884 Berlin Conference, but instead of colonial powers ...

Angola Will Attempt to Broker Direct Talks Between Congo and M23, Presidency Says (Reuters) - Angola said on Tuesday it would attempt to broker direct talks between Democratic Republic of Congo ...

M23 Rebels Advance Into Eastern Congo's Strategic City of Bukavu (Reuters) - Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into the centre of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, meeting ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Angola on Tuesday announced plans to act as a mediator in the conflict between Congo and the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23, according to a press release posted on the ...

The M23 rebels forcibly removed at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals in eastern DR Congo, the UN reported on Monday. On 28 February, the Rwanda-backed group stormed CBCA Ndosho ...

In theory, M23 is fighting to protect the Rwandophone community in eastern Congo (particularly the Tutsi community). Under the Alliance Fleuve Congo – the political wing of the M23 rebellion ...

(Nairobi) – The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has unlawfully ordered tens of thousands of displaced people to leave the camps around Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights ...

A spokesperson for the rebel alliance that includes M23 said in a post on X that the rebels were in control of the airport, and surrounding areas. Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have been trying to push ...