NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — African Catholic leaders called for peace, dialogue and reconciliation amid persistent violent conflict on the continent at the 20th meeting of the Symposium of Episcopal ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — At a church in a Roman suburb on Sunday (May 4), Congolese Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa preached on a story from the Gospel of John in which Jesus’ followers in ...

At the conclusion of Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic Visit to four African countries, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Archbishop of Kinshasa and President of SECAM, expressed pride, hope, and optimism ...

One of the cardinals who is reportedly in the running to succeed Pope Francis has described homosexuality as an “abomination.” Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, the archbishop of Kinshasa in Congo, ...

The devil is launching attacks to divide the Church, and we must fight back with the weapon of the Holy Spirit, a cardinal from the Democratic Republic of Congo said at Mass on Friday. Cardinal ...

According to Cardijnal Ambongo, he worked with the head of the DDF, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, and with Pope Francis to produce a statement that the permission for same-sex blessings did not ...

Congolese Bishop Fidele Nsielele Zi Mputu, Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa and Bishop Fridolin Ambongo Besungu arrive in December 2016 to mediate talks between the opposition and the government of ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV—formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago—has sparked pride across Black America, as genealogical records confirm his Creole and Haitian roots trace back to New Orleans’ ...

Irene Nabudeba, pregnant, mother of 5, waits for a consultation that used to be free at the Afia Himbi Hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 11, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.) ...