Press Release
“Condolences and prayers for the Christians slain
in the Democratic Republic of Congo”

29 January 2026

The Universal Church of the New Jerusalem gathers in solemn prayer for the victims of the recent attack on defenceless Christians killed in their sleep, inside their own homes, this past 25 January in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Church strongly condemns this latest act of cowardly violence against unarmed civilians and echoes and shares the cry of pain and outrage raised by a local priest: “Christians are dying in their sleep, in their homes, where they should feel safe. This blood cries out to God. For how much longer shall the innocent suffer while the world watches in silence?”.