Death of Cardinal Monsengwo: "There has been an important and firm contribution" of the Church in the alternation in 2019

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Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo at the Vatican in November 2010. © Associated Press - Pier Paolo Cito

By: Christophe Boisbouvier Follow

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Cardinal Monsengwo's funeral will take place at Kinshasa Cathedral.

But it is first necessary that his remains be repatriated, because the Congolese prelate died Sunday in France.

What imprint will he leave?

What legacy will defend his successor, Cardinal Ambongo?

The historian Isidore Ndaywel, who teaches at the University of Kinshasa, heads the Lay Coordination Committee (CLC) and has just published at L'Harmattan

Le Congo dans l'ouragan de l'histoire

, a work prefaced by Cardinal Monsengwo , to whom he was very close, is the guest of RFI.

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