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DR Congo bishops ‘strongly condemn’ murder of opposition party spokesman

July 14, 2023

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CWN Editor's Note: Chérubin Okende, an opposition party spokesman, was killed five months before the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s general election.

The Central African nation of 108.4 million (map) is 95% Christian (52% Catholic), with 2% adhering to ethnic religions. Pope Francis made an apostolic journey there earlier this year.

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