Pope consoles Congolese victims: 'Your pain is my pain'

Pope consoles Congolese victims: ‘Your pain is my pain’

KINSHASA, Congo >> Pope Francis today urged Congo’s people to forgive those who committed “inhuman violence” against them, celebrating a Mass for 1 million people and then hearing firsthand of the atrocities some of them have endured: a teenage girl “raped like an animal” for months; a young man who watched as his father was decapitated; a former sex slave who was forced into cannibalism.

Pope consoles Congolese victims: 'Your pain is my pain'

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Congo’s people to forgive those who committed “inhuman violence” against them, celebrating a Mass for 1 million people and then hearing firsthand of the atrocities some of them have endured: a te

Pope consoles Congolese victims: 'Your pain is my pain'

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Congo’s people to forgive those who committed “inhuman violence” against them, celebrating a Mass for 1 million people and then hearing firsthand of the atrocities some of them have endured: a te

Pope consoles Congolese victims: 'Your pain is my pain'

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Congo’s people to forgive those who committed “inhuman violence” against them, celebrating a Mass for 1 million people and then hearing firsthand of the atrocities some of them have endured: a te

Pope consoles Congolese victims: 'Your pain is my pain'

Congolese from traveled to Kinshasa to tell the pope of the horrific violence they suffered for years as rebel groups fought over territory.

Pope consoles Congolese victims: 'Your pain is my pain'

Congolese from traveled to Kinshasa to tell the pope of the horrific violence they suffered for years as rebel groups fought over territory.