Cardinal Laurent Monswengo of Kinshasa on 4 January 2018. (JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images)
Pope Francis has sent his condolences to the faithful of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after the passing of Congolese Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya.
Cardinal Monswengo died on Sunday in Versailles, aged 81, after a brief final illness that had brought him to Francis for treatment.
A biblical theologian and Archbishop emeritus of Kinshasa, Cardinal Monswengo had been a founding member of Pope Francis's Council of Cardinals, on which he served until 2018.
