DRC's Catholic Activists Keep Up Fight for Democracy

A special service is being held at Kinshasa's St. Joseph Catholic Church. Some of the parishioners weep. Others are deep in thought. The bishop, cloaked in red robes, walks up to the podium at the altar.   “We must never forget the martyrs,” he says. The crowd applauds.   In recent months, at least 45 people have been killed in church-organized pro-democracy rallies, as the Democratic Republic of Congo prepares for long-delayed elections on December 23.     The...

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