Pastor Ephraim Baseme Bidorho

Pastor Ephraim Baseme Bidorho, 43 prays for a dying man in the Panzi hospital in the outskirts of Bukavu, DR Congo, on Sunday, August 5, 2007. Worshippers are leaving the Catholic Church for Evangelical and Pentecostal churches, which have sprung up over the past years promising miracles to Congolese people who have lived in misery for decades. Some pastors even claim they can bring dead people back to life or treat serious illnesses like a cancer or AIDS.

DR Congo Christianity A worshipper cries during a mass at the Sinai Pentecostal Church in the outskirts of Bukavu, DR Congo, on Monday, August 6, 2007. Worshippers are leaving the Catholic Church for Evangelical and Pentecostal churches, which have sprung up over the past years promising miracles to Congolese people who have lived in misery for decades. Some pastors even claim they can bring dead people back to life or treat serious illnesses like a cancer or AIDS.