Posts Categorized: Congo, Democratic Republic

Presbyterians at CSW55 – 21 February 2011

About 30 Presbyterians will attend the Commission on the Status of Women. This participation is a partnership between Presbyterian Women, Racial Ethnic Young Women Together, the National Network of Presbyterian College Women, and the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations….

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Prayers for a Saturday morning . . .

and other times . . . Pray for the people of . . . Yemen, Bahrain, Jordan, Libya and other countries who call for change . . . Uganda who are vote . . . Palestine and Israel who stand…

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Open statement on the Lord’s Resistance Army

Open Statement on the Lord’s Resistance Army by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect One year ago today, over the course of four days, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) slaughtered 300 people in Haute Uele province in the…

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The Killing of the Innocents in Congo

From America: The National Catholic Weekly by Kevin Clarke, originally posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 05:51:23 PM You may be aware that conditions in Sudan are reaching a crisis point as the referendum on southern independence comes up January…

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Children and Armed Conflict

Children and Armed Conflict From the statement for Universal Children’s Day by Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Radhika Coomaraswamy and Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy: November 20 is Universal Children’s Day, a day to celebrate youth and to demonstrate…

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Women’s justice is key church role, African leader says

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – News & Announcements – Women’s justice is key church role, African leader says. International Peacemaker “The Rev. Probe Augustin Mukendi Kabongo is a pastor and executive secretary of Tshibashi Presbytery of the Presbyterian Community in the…

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