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Articles written by Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula, S.J., PhD

The Pope Francis Effect in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Respect, Love, Compassion, Truth

Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula, S.J., PhD
May 16, 2023January 27, 2024

This piece is co-published with the Critical Investigations into Humanitarianism in Africa blog Pope Francis’s long-awaited trip to the Democratic…

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The Vatican’s Foreign Policy: Avoiding Confrontation, Accommodating Interests

Series: Symposium on A Twentieth-Century Crusade
Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula, S.J., PhD
April 23, 2021January 27, 2024

Far from living the radical idealism of Jesus, the Church as a realist and discerning body politic accepts that both good and evil will always coexist in this imperfect world.

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