Ebola Measures in DR Congo: Neo-Church Substitutes Hygiene for Grace
EWTN News reports that the “Catholic” Diocese of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has issued Ebola prevention directives following the declaration of a health emergency. Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, through Chancellor Father Christian Kisonia, mandated measures including mandatory handwashing before Mass, use of chlorinated water, and limiting physical contact with symptomatic individuals. The outbreak, linked to the Bundibugyo strain, has also led to the postponement of Uganda’s Martyrs’ Day celebrations. These measures, while addressing a temporal health crisis, reveal the neo-church’s characteristic reduction of the Faith to naturalistic concerns, completely ignoring the supernatural order and the true remedies for sin and pestilence.




