Catholicism has a major presence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
Church interior in Buta, Uélé, photography commissioned by the Premonstratensians of Tongerlo Abbey (B), date unknown
Saint Peter's Basilica facade, Rome, Italy
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo, and formerly named Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is the second-largest
Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
…Catholicism has a major presence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. According to the 2020 Report on International…
Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected prime minister of Congo-Léopoldville, was murdered by Belgian-supported Katangan separatists in 1961.
Mobutu Sese Seko and Richard Nixon in Washington, D.C., 1973
Mobutu with the Dutch Prince Bernhard in Kinshasa in 1973
Refugees in the Congo