Concordatory relationships and regional conflicts in the secularized order of the democratic republic of Congo

Abstract

The 2016 Framework-agreement on religious freedom in the Democratic Republic of Congo corroborates, together with the 2005 Constitution, the democratic transition timidly initiated in the so-called III Republic ; it is also an instrument of mediation between written and customary law, between the doctrine of authenticité and evangelical charity ; finally, it provides the national episcopate with a means of social presence, in the difficult role of pacification of regional ethnic conflicts.