April 14, 2009
Part of what drives Bishop John Rucyhanana is a conviction that organized religion failed Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. Dozens of priests throughout Rwanda collaborated with the killers, and tens of thousands were murdered in churches they thought would be a refuge. He notes that over 80 percent of Rwandans are Christian, a faith that commands its adherents to love their neighbors. “How could we have a genocide?” he asks.
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