Massacre in church during the silver jubilee celebrating 25 years of the Catholic Action movement in Komala

Let us pray for peace, for the Church in Congo, and for our martyred brothers and sisters of Catholic Action, their families, and their friends.

Vatican News (Italian). Don Dieudonné Liringa, parish vicar of Bienheureuse-Anuarite, in the village of Komanda, speaks to Vatican media from the Congolese parish of Bienheureuse-Anuarite, which was stormed on Sunday night, 26 July, by ADF militias who massacred dozens of people as they celebrated their Jubilee.
The victims are Catholic Christians, members of the Catholic Action Movement – ‘Croisade eucharistique‘ of the parish of Bienheureuse Anuarite in Komanda, in the diocese of Bunia….

Vatican News (Spanish)

Italian Catholic Action expresses its deep sorrow and condolences for the massacre that struck our brothers and sisters of Congolese Catholic Action.