Church News

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, Archbishop of Kinshasa, in his capacity as President of SECAM - Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar - has been in Kigali since Thursday, July 24, for a plenary assembly of the presSEAM, AMBONGO, Cardinal, Church, Africa, Kinshasa, Kigali, Catholics of this structure of the Catholic Church.

This Friday, July 25, 2025, within the confines of the episcopal residence of Gbadolite, the Reverend Pastors responsible for the regrouping of the Church of Christ in Congo/ECC of the province of North Ubangi met His Excellency Bishop Joseph Mopepe.

His Excellency Mgr Joseph MOPEPE, Bishop of Molegbe, met this Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Molegbe, as part of his contact visits, the Brothers of Saint Joseph of Molegbe living in Molegbe and Gbadolite.

Following his episcopal ordination, His Excellency Monsignor Joseph Mopepe embarked on a schedule that placed him in thanksgiving in the various communities and strictures of his new diocese. On Sunday, July 20, the faithful of Saint Joseph the Worker of Gbadolite benefited from this grace of the bishop's visit.

The Minister of National Education and New Citizenship has introduced a provision allowing pregnant girls to attend school. Upholding morality, the CENCO (National Council for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) is not falling for this. Therefore, pregnant students will not be admitted to Catholic schools.

As part of his contacts with the clergy, Bishop Mopepe of Molegbe met this Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Molegbe, with the Sisters of Mary living in Molegbe and the surrounding area.

At the Saint François Xavier Cathedral, Monsignor Timothée Bodika, Bishop of Kikwit (DRC), celebrated the opening mass of the General Chapter of the Sisters of Mary in Kwango this Saturday, July 12, 2025.

The Society of Jesus saw the number of its priests increase by six with the ordination of six deacons who became priests through the consecration prayer of Bishop Jean-Crispin Kimbeni this Saturday, July 12, 2025.

It is within the framework of vocational pastoral care that 137 young people from the Archdiocese of Bangui gathered, under the high patronage of Cardinal Nzapalainga and under the direction of the diocesan coordination of vocations, from July 10 to 14, 2025 at the Saint Paul Middle Seminary for a first vocational camp.

The Saint Alphonse de Matete parish, located in the heart of this large commune of the city of Kinshasa, renowned for its liveliness in pastoral work and rigorous liturgy, celebrated its 70th anniversary with a mass presided over by His Eminence Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo.

On Saturday, July 12, 2025, Notre Dame du Congo Cathedral was filled with the atmosphere of the diaconal ordination of 41 deacons from the Conference of Major Superiors (COSUMA).

On July 13, 2025, the parish of Saint Charles Lwanga in Yambi Yaya rejoiced in the presence of its pastor, His Excellency Monsignor Dieudonné Uringi, Bishop of Bunia, who celebrated Mass there with the administration of the sacrament of confirmation to 645 young people.