On the front page of the Kinshasa press: disappearance of Cardinal Monsengwo
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Cardinal Monsengwo during a mass in Kinshasa on September 21, 2016. AFP - EDUARDO SOTERAS
By: Kamanda Wa Kamanda
6 mins
Publicity
“
The immense Monsengwo Eternal return of a star
”.
The headline in the weekly
The
Post
which writes: "
Sunday July 11, the bells of Notre-Dame du Congo Cathedral rang, to" sound the death knell ", one would say, better to announce the return to the Father of the one. who was, for a decade, the pastor of the archdiocese of Kinshasa
.
"It is a color portrait of"
this son of Mongobele who,
we can read
, grew up in the shade of the rubber trees
"and"
whose prestige has radiated over the past thirty years on the country, leaving its indelible mark. as well the march of the Catholic Church and the entire DRC.
He died in Versailles, France.
"
It is indeed all the newspapers of Kinshasa which mourn Laurent Monsengwo
“
Laurent Cardinal Monsengwo, like any human being drawn from the ground, has entered eternity!
", Writes, for its part, the daily
L'Avenir
.
For this newspaper, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya "
affectionately called Tata Cardinal
" was the songwriter of the song
Kinshasa telema ongenga na mwinda mwa Kristu
(Kinshasa standing and shining with the light of Christ).
“
As an enlightened prophet
, the newspaper recalls, he will also launch:
Let the mediocre release!
Not to attack a regime, but to call out to each other for more actions oriented towards the development of the country and the happiness of the people
”, underline the colleagues from
L'Avenir.
.
Read also: DRC: Cardinal Monsengwo, Archbishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, died in France
Other headlines in Congolese newspapers: the Covid-19
The daily
Le Phare
examines the issue of the AstraZeneca vaccine being out of stocks in the DRC.
There are no more doses of this vaccine, the three different batches received on March 2 expired successively on June 24 and 27 as well as on July 11, reports this newspaper which quotes the Minister of Health Jean-Jacques Mbungani.
This situation unfortunately occurs at a time when, says
Le Phare
, “
there is a craze for vaccination, while a few months ago mistrust had gained ground because of many conspiracy theories shared widely in social networks.
"
The newspaper
Le Potentiel
headlines on "the
reduction of Covid-19 contaminations in the DRC
" and emphasizes the "
need for all-round vigilance to avoid a 4th wave
".
According to this newspaper, the table is down in terms of contamination, mortality and occupancy of beds in care centers, shows figures at a discount.
This is already less than 30 contaminations identified on average each day.
A significant drop compared to last June, further notes
Le Potentiel
which recalls the call to the population not to lower their guard launched by the Minister of Health.
Jean-Jacques Mbungani warns that it is necessary to avoid a 4th wave as soon as the mutations of the virus are continuous, can we still.
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