Editor's note: Meeting Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Pope Francis asked God's forgiveness for the failures of the Catholic Church during the 1994 Rwanda genocide and for the hatred and violence ...

KIGALI, Rwanda-- The Catholic Church in Rwanda apologized on Sunday for the church’s role in the 1994 genocide, saying it regretted the actions of those who participated in the massacres. “We ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday begged forgiveness for the “sins and failings of the church and its members” during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide as the Holy See sought to open a new phase in ...

Rwanda's government has demanded an apology from the Vatican over the Catholic Church's role in the country's 1994 genocide, dismissing the recent apology offered by Rwandan bishops. The Catholic ...

Communities of faith often hold fund-raisers to raise money for local needs. However, some of those communities recognize the needs of people in other regions of the world, as many have for the ...

Archbishop Antoine Kambanda of Kigali, Rwanda, was one of 13 new cardinals named by Pope Francis Oct. 25. He is pictured walking in procession during a Mass marking the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in ...

(KIGALI, Rwanda) — At least 16 people were killed in Rwanda and 140 others injured when lightning struck a Seventh Day Adventist church in the country’s south, said a provincial governor. The ...

The Catholic Church in Rwanda has formally apologized for the role it played in the country's genocide of 22 years ago, in which around 800,000 people were killed in just 100 days. A statement by the ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis asked for forgiveness for the “sins and failings of the Church” during Rwanda‘s 1994 genocide, saying he hoped his apology would help heal the African state’s ...