Bishop in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo says violence giving ‘temptation to give up’

The recent discovery of at least 172 bodies in mass graves near Uvira has shattered the fragile illusion of stability in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bishop Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe of Uvira describes the recent calm not as peace, but as a deceptive “graveyard peace,” where violence operates silently and populations are in danger of becoming desensitized to evil.

He also issues a blistering critique of the international response, warning that a proposed...