Congo government assails bishops’ peace proposal
March 25, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has rejected a bid by Christian leaders to promote a “Social Pact for Peace” in the war-torn country.
The Catholic bishops’ conference joined with the Church of Christ in the Congo, a coalition of Protestant groups, to launch the pact in January, as a rebel offensive escalated the bloodshed in the DRC.
But the DRC government has denounced the call for peace talks as “treason.” The government has refused to consider negotiations, saying that the rebels are actually controlled by the governments of neighboring Rwanda and Uganda.
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