The president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) is urging the EU to take further action over the crisis spiralling out of control in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
While welcoming the EU’s recent €60 million humanitarian aid package and the roadmap to regional peace proposed by the Catholic and Protestant Churches, Italian Bishop Mariano Crociata, COMECE president, is calling for stronger efforts to ensure the protection of civilians and their access to humanitarian aid. He also urges local authorities and the international community “to do everything possible to resolve the conflict by peaceful means".
