The Catholic Church leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo held a memorial Mass on 12th January, 2018, Kinshasa Cathedral, honoring the victims of an anti-Kabila protest against the presidency of Joseph Kabila, the current president of Congo. The citizens protested against the President were killed on December 31, during the New Year’s Eve demonstration. The country’s Catholic and Protestant leaders had called for peaceful marches to protest the continued presidency of Kabila.His Eminence Cardinal Monsengwo, Archbishop of Kinshasa , who has become known for public criticism of the Kabila government, celebrated the memorial Mass on 12th January, 2018.
As reported by Catholic News Agency, His Excellency Bishop Donatien Bafuidinsoni “If we have lost a brother, a sister, we have gained heroes, real ones, because they have mingled their blood with that of all those who have died for a change of power, the guarantee of democracy.”
The Mass at Kinshasa Cathedral last week drew a large crowd of locals, and diplomatic representatives from the United States, Belgium, Britain, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, the EU, and the Vatican.
