Universal Church

It is true that each particular Church is the Church of Christ in its communion with the other Churches. Missionary cooperation is "an instrument in the hands of the Bishop to ensure the missionary mandate of Christ... of education in the universal missionary spirit and of inter-ecclesial communion in the service of the proclamation of the Gospel" (Benedict XVI, Address to the PMS, 2008). It is a "service" called "missionary" charged with the "universal mission" (Cf. canons 782-791).

In a message addressed to the families of the missing victims, to the population of the city of Lisala and to people of good will, Monsignor José-Bernard Likolo Bokal'Etumba, Bishop of Lisala and Apostolic Administrator of Molegbe, expressed from Kinshasa his paternal closeness with great sadness for the death of the 17 people, victims of the torrential rain that fell on the city of Lisala from the evening of the 16th to the morning of the 17th of September of the current year...

In the courtyard of the Cathedral, the Church of God in Kikwit saw five priests and six deacons rise. This celebration, in the presence of consecrated men and women, civil and military authorities, thousands of faithful, could not take place inside the cathedral church which is currently closed for renovation.

In Butembo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Order of the Holy Cross presented five of its members for diaconal (three) and priestly (two) ordination on this feast day. It was the Bishop of Butembo-Beni, Monsignor Sikuli Paluku Melchisédech, who presided over these ordinations at the Mater Ecclesiale Cathedral

There are many candidates participating in the Bible competition organized by the Paulines bookstore from September 2 to 25, 2023 in Kisangani. Christians of all religious denominations are attracted by an interesting exercise: it is about finding the biblical passages of 15 images displayed in the window.

Indeed, in a press conference that the Archbishop of Bangui granted to several journalists on the morning of this Friday, September 15, 2023 at the Archbishopric, Cardinal Dieudonné delivered the orientations, perspectives and objectives to pursue for the diocesan return this year.

On that day, the rebellion of the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) which rules the eastern part of the country, finally accepts that Mgr Emmanuel Kataliko, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu, returns to his diocese of Bukavu, after more than 6 months of exile.

After the release on August 23 of a priest and a brother (missionaries of Africa) kidnapped in the Middle Belt of Nigeria on August 2, 2023, the jubilation was precarious. A tragedy had changed everything. The blow is usually atrocious when events prescribe us a strait of gaiety with a dismayed face. The diocese of Kafanchan, in the State of Kaduna, was once again the scene of an ignominious assassination. After dusk on Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 8 p.m., Fulani bandits attacked the presbytery of the Saint-Raphaël parish in Fadan Kamantan in search of the priest

As an illustration, we take up here the words of Bishop Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo during his homily on Saturday, September 2 in this symposium. Inspired by the texts of the day, the Bishop of Uvira said: By the principle of Saint Augustine: <<Aime et fait ce que tu veux> >, that is to say that if it is love that motivates action, everything we do can only be good, right and just. The crisis we are going through in Congo, he said, has as its primary cause the lack of love for the country and for our neighbors

During the mass, Monsignor Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo insisted on the spirit of Monsignor Munzihirwa, the spirit of resistance against corruption and anti-values which are carving out space in our society in a leadership crisis.

Jeremiah was the laughing stock of an entire people who had closed themselves off by refusing the Word of the prophet. He took comfort in an irresistible force that pushed him not to give in to the mockery of false enlightened people while their whole being was sinking into the deepest darkness. For those truly enlightened by the Spirit, opposition to the threats of humans contains more energy than the refusal of the will of the one who sends them. For the Word that comes from his mouth cannot return to him void, without having accomplished his will and fulfilled his mission (Is 55:11).