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16 dead as lightning strikes Rwanda church

On: March 11, 2018

Kigali: At least 16 people were killed and dozens more injured after lightning struck a Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda, a local official said March 11. Fourteen victims were killed on the spot as lightning hit the church in the Nyaruguru district in the Southern Province on Saturday, local mayorContinue Reading

Rwandan genocide: Pope Francis asks forgiveness for church’s role

By: Matters India

On: March 21, 2017

In: International

Pope Francis has asked for forgiveness for the Catholic church’s role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which 800,000 people were slaughtered in 100 days of violence. The “sins and failings of the church and its members” had “disfigured the face” of Catholicism, he said. Speaking after meeting the RwandanContinue Reading