POPE PRAYS FOR PEACE IN DRC
Pope Francis has prayed for those suffering from violence and Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo- DRC, and urged peaceful elections as citizens of the DRC cast their votes today.
Francis asked faithful in Saint Peter’s Square today to join him in prayers and expressed hope that all work to maintain a peaceful climate that permits peaceful and regular conducting of the elections.
The election is DRC’s first chance to have a peaceful, democratic transfer of power since independence in 1960 as longtime President Joseph Kabila steps aside.
Unrest was feared after a last-minute decision to bar an estimated 1 million people from voting because of a deadly Ebola virus outbreak in the east.
The decision was widely criticised as threatening the credibility of the election.