The protests coincided with a debate in the Senate, the upper
parliamentary chamber, over government plans to hold a census before
elections.
Most senators, including members of the governing party, said
they were opposed to the plan because it risked destabilising the
country.
The lower chamber, the House of Representatives, approved the plan on Saturday, in a vote boycotted by opposition MPs.
The opposition says this amounts to a "constitutional coup"
by Mr Kabila, as it will take about three years for a census to be
conducted in DR Congo, which is two-thirds of the size of western
Europe, has very little infrastructure and is hit by instability in the
east.
The opposition says government plans for a census are a ploy to delay the poll so that he can hang on to power.
The government admits the election could be delayed, but says the census is vital to ensure polls are free and fair.
The Catholic Church, the largest in DR Congo, has shut its schools as violent protests continued in Kinshasa for a third day.
Radio France International, the main foreign broadcaster in DR Congo, has been pulled off air. On Tuesday, internet connections and text messaging services were blocked, apparently on the orders of the government.
Many shops had been looted and set ablaze as the protests turned violent.
Catholic Church head Cardinal Monsengwo Pasinya said "certain
political men, with the security forces" were in "desolation" and
causing insecurity in DR Congo.
"Stop killing your people," he said in a statement. The cardinal called on the public to challenge by all "legal and
peaceful means any attempt to change laws that are essential to the
electoral process".
It called on people to peacefully oppose his move to delay presidential elections until a census is held.
At least 11 people have so far been been killed in the protests.
It is the worst unrest in the capital, Kinshasa, since the
riots which broke out after Mr Kabila won a second term in disputed
elections in 2011.
Mr Kabila, who first took power in 2001 following the
assassination of his father Laurent, is constitutionally barred from
running for another term in elections due next year.
Government spokesman Lambert Mende said the 11 who died in Monday's
and Tuesday's clashes included a policeman shot by a sniper and 10
civilians killed by security guards while attempting to loot private
properties.
He said 22 people had been wounded, most of them policemen.
Opposition leader Vital Kamerhe disputed the government's
figures, saying 28 protesters had been killed - eight on Tuesday and 20
on Monday
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