Pope denounces 'economic colonialism' on DR Congo visit
Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo (right) applauds as Pope Francis delivers a speech in the garden of the Palace of the Nation during the meeting of the authorities, the civil society and the diplomatic corps in Gombe, Kinshasa on January 31, 2023.
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What you need to know:
It is the first time since 1985 that a pope has visited the DRC, where about 40 percent of whom are Catholic.
Eastern Congo has also seen a wave of deadly attacks blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a group the Islamic State claims as an affiliate, including a bomb blast at a Pentecostal church this month that killed 14 people.
