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Bishop Melchisédech Sikuli Paluku of DR Congo's Butembo-Beni Diocese. Credit: Butembo-Beni Diocese

“Make free education a reality”: Catholic Bishop in DR Congo to Government

Aug 5, 2023

Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku of the Catholic Diocese of Butembo-Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has called on the government to make free access to basic education a reality.

Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku of DR Congo's Butembo-Beni Diocese.

Congolese Bishop Concerned about Protracted Insecurity, Massacres “happening in silence”

Nov 6, 2020

Promises of action from “political authorities” amid persistent insecurity and killings that have been going on for at least 10 years in the region covered by the Diocese of Butembo-Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) need to be fulfilled, the Local Ordinary of the see in North Kivu Province said in a recent interview.

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