It is with a sense of tremendous dismay that we have been following news of the horrible attacks in New York and Washington perpetrated by terrorists which have cost the lives of thousands of people.

We firmly condemn these vile crimes and we offer our Christian sympathy to the families who have experienced loss, and to the American people at this time of great hardship.

Cardinal Frederic Etsou Nzabi Bamungwabi
Archbishop of Kinshasa
President