CNA Staff, Oct 5, 2020 / 21:00 pm
The Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is providing aid to nearly 70 religious communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo facing extreme poverty due to the coronavirus crisis.
ACN said that because of the pandemic and lockdown in the African country, they will extend urgent subsistence aid to 69 religious communities in the ecclesiastical province of Bukavu, located in eastern Congo.
The pontifical foundation noted that the pandemic has worsened the nuns' already "extremely difficult" situation, in a country constantly suffering from ethnic conflicts, insecurity, armed incursions from neighboring countries, kidnappings and rapes.
"Since the state of emergency decreed by the president of the DRC on March 24, wages have been suspended," ACN explained.