Cardinal Ambongo: Rebel gains show limits of US-backed accord

'How can we fail to see the limitations of these Accords, which subtly exclude the Congolese people and seek to normalize the systematic plundering of Congo?'

Dec 15, 2025

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Congolese Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo urged leaders Sunday to embrace an inclusive peace plan proposed by Catholic and Protestant leaders amid renewed clashes in the troubled eastern region, despite a U.S.-brokered peace deal.

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo preaches at Our Lady of the Congo Cathedral in Kinshasa on Dec. 14, 2025. Credit: facebook.com/CENCORDC.

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Cardinal Ambongo: Rebel gains show limits of US-backed accord

'How can we fail to see the limitations of these Accords, which subtly exclude the Congolese people and seek to normalize the systematic plundering of Congo?'

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