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Article: Congo bishops reject war, call for new elections.(Brief Article)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- December 4, 1998
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Catholic bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo, meeting in a special session Nov. 2-7, condemned the outside forces -- especially those of Rwanda and Uganda -- currently fomenting civil war in their central African nation.
The bishops stopped short, however, of endorsing the government of current president Laurent Kabila, calling instead for democratic elections and a government of national unity.
"We denounce the aggression that has victimized our country," the 24 bishops gathered in Kinshasa, the capital, wrote. "This aggression has given way to a war of great dimension, entailing today the military presence of eight-countries on our territory, ...