The pact between the Church and state is revealed in the preface to the book being written by Georges Sandrart, the resident colonial governor for Rwanda. For them genocide is a religious mission, encouraged and supported by the Catholic Church. The first parish of the Catholic Church in Rwanda was established in Save, in 1900. Kayibanda had been trained in Catholic Church schools, going on to attend a seminary before becoming a staff writer for two of the most important Church publications, L'Ami, and Kinyamateka. It is from this base that he was groomed by the Church to become the first President of post-independence Rwanda.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 26, 2017 21:56 UTC