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by bcadmin | Jan 14, 2022 | Aung San Suu Kyi, Catholic Church, Church in Asia, democracy, lead, Myanmar, News, peace | 0 |
A Catholic Church sheltering nearly 200 people in the town of Loikaw in northern Myanmar has been struck in an ongoing series of air strikes and mortar attacks, leaving those refuging there unsure of where to go as the number of displaced grows.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 27, 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi, Cardinal Charles Bo, Christmas, Church in Asia, democracy, lead, Myanmar, News, peace, War | 0 |
After nearly 40 people were killed in a brutal attack in eastern Myanmar right before Christmas, Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon made an appeal to both government and opposition forces to stop the violence and begin pursuing peaceful dialogue.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 13, 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi, Cardinal Charles Bo, Church in Asia, democracy, lead, Myanmar, News, Prayer | 0 |
With public backlash expected to rise as the trial of Myanmar’s ousted democratic leader looms, the nation’s bishops have made an appeal to the military to cease targeting places of worship and to allow humanitarian aid to reach at-risk populations.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 9, 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi, Chin, Featured, Karen, Karenni, Local News, Myanmar, News, Twin Cities | 0 |
Karen, Karenni and Chin Catholic communities in Twin Cities ask for prayers, other support for those back home
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 23, 2021 | Asia, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bishops, Cardinal Charles Bo, Church in Asia, lead, Myanmar, News, peace | 0 |
Nearly a month after a military coup ousted Myanmar’s government, the country’s bishops have urged leaders in all parties at every level to strive for peace and reconciliation after two people died in protests over the weekend.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 17, 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi, Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, Myanmar, News | 0 |
YANGON, Myanmar — Catholic nuns, priests and laypeople have joined protests in Buddhist-majority Myanmar following the Feb. 1 coup. Ucanews.com reported that hundreds of Catholics, including dozens of nuns, marched on the streets of Yangon Feb. 14 and recited prayers and the rosary. Youths held placards reading “Free Aung San
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 8, 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, Naypyidaw, News, Rest of World, World News | 0 |
As tens of thousands take to Myanmar’s streets, police have fired water cannons to disperse the crowds of demonstrators in Naypyidaw, the country’s capital.
The post Police fire water cannons to disperse protesters in Myanmar appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 3, 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Cardinal Charles Bo, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Myanmar, News | 0 |
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo has called on the Myanmar military to release the country’s elected officials – including Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi – “at the earliest” moment possible.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 1, 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, coup d'etat, Elections, military coup, Myanmar, News, Pope Francis, Rohingya, World News | 0 |
Nobel peace laureate and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who currently serves as State Counsellor, is among the elected officials detained, reportedly under house arrest. Soldiers took Suu Kyi into custody along with Myanmar’s president, Win Myint, and other leaders the National League for Democracy party (NLD), who won a landslide victory in elections last November. Official military channels allege election fraud as their reason for seizing power, now in the hands of Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the army’s senior commander, who has declared a one-year state of emergency.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Cardinal Charles Bo, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Catholic Church, Church in Asia, lead, Myanmar, News | 0 |
Myanmar’s top prelate is calling on the government to “create the conditions for peace” in the troubled country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 4, 2020 | Aung San Suu Kyi, Cardinal Charles Bo, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Mega mining, Mining, Myanmar, News, second | 0 |
MUMBAI, India – Myanmar’s top Catholic prelate called for “economic and ecological justice” after a mining accident killed at least 172 people in Hpakant the country’s Kachin state.
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