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Catholic bishops call for regional conference

    NAIROBI

    The Catholic bishops of DRC, Rwanda and Burundi have called for a regional peace conference, as soon as possible, “to promote harmonious co-existence” among the peoples of the Great Lakes. “The international community must play its role in promoting justice and truth, and support the Great Lakes countries’ initiative for a conference,” a press release from the Association of Bishops Conferences of Central Africa, which met in Nairobi last week, stated. “In this regard, the Catholic Church, expert in humanity is ready to make her contribution,” the press statement, released by the Vatican news agency FIDES, added. The bishops also called for a “fair, transparent” trial of Rwandan bishop Augustin Misago, on trial in Kigali on charges of complicity in the 1994 genocide.

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