{"id":58500,"date":"2025-09-08T05:19:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=58500"},"modified":"2025-09-08T05:19:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:19:16","slug":"massacre-in-congolese-catholic-church-kills-at-least-31-worshippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/massacre-in-congolese-catholic-church-kills-at-least-31-worshippers\/","title":{"rendered":"Massacro in una chiesa cattolica congolese: uccisi almeno 31 fedeli"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>null \/ Credit: chayanuphol\/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 27, 2025 \/ 17:18 pm (CNA). An armed group linked to the Islamic State on Sunday killed dozens of worshippers at a Catholic church in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo while they were participating in a prayer vigil. According to the BBC, members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) stormed a church in the town of Komanda, where they shot and killed the worshippers, then looted and set fire\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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According to the BBC, members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) stormed a church in the town of Komanda, where they shot and killed the worshippers, then looted and set fire\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":63095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-58500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58578,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/cardinal-parolin-attack-on-church-in-democratic-republic-of-congo-a-dangerous-sign\/","url_meta":{"origin":58500,"position":0},"title":"Cardinal Parolin: Attack on church in Democratic Republic of Congo a \u2018dangerous sign\u2019","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Dicembre 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaks at an EWTN dinner in Frascati, Italy, Oct. 19, 2022. \/ Credit: Daniel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\/CNA Vatican City, Jul 28, 2025 \/ 14:10 pm (CNA). 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