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UPDATE: Soldiers searching for weapons leave Burma cathedral

April 9, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Myanmar, also known as Burma, is a country in Southeast Asia. / Shutterstock

Mandalay, Burma, Apr 9, 2022 / 21:56 pm (CNA).
Government soldiers departed from the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart and its compound in downtown Mandalay Saturday after… […]

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Cardinal Bo: Myanmar has endured an ‘extended Way of the Cross’

February 1, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo in London, England, on May 12, 2016. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk. / null

Rome Newsroom, Feb 1, 2022 / 10:00 am (CNA).
On the one year anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo has sai… […]

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Catholic charity calls for day of prayer for Myanmar on coup anniversary

January 28, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Sr. Ann Rose Nu Tawng begs police not to shoot protesters during Myanmar unrest. / Myanmar local media.

Königstein, Germany, Jan 28, 2022 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
A Catholic charity has called for a day of prayer for Burma on the first anniversary of … […]

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Human rights activist: Myanmar’s Christians are suffering amid crackdown

September 28, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Burmese Christian pastor Cung Biak Hum. / Screenshot from the Forgotten Christian Minorities in Myanmar webinar.

Brussels, Belgium, Sep 28, 2021 / 06:10 am (CNA).
Burma’s Christian minority is suffering amid the military’s continuing crackdown o… […]

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Cardinal Bo: Even military in Myanmar respects the Church

September 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Charles Bo of Myanmar / Mazur, catholicnews.org.uk

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 9, 2021 / 16:38 pm (CNA).
When Cardinal Charles Maung Bo became the first cardinal of Myanmar in 2015, he took his new position seriously. “The pope … […]

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Myanmar’s Cardinal Bo reiterates call for end to violence as thousands flee homes  

June 28, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, Myanmar / ACI Stampa

Manila, Philippines, Jun 28, 2021 / 11:30 am (CNA).
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon in Myanmar appealed for an end to violence on Sunday as thousands of civilians continue to flee the… […]

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Catholic missionary priest: ‘This is the hour of confession of faith’ for Church in Myanmar

June 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Teachers protest in Hpa-An, the capital of Karen State, Burma, on Feb. 9, 2021. Credit: Ninjastrikers (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Rome Newsroom, Jun 23, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Burmese protesters have faced a “nightmare of repression and violence,” according… […]

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Pope Francis: How often do we fixate on our problems rather than bringing them to God?

June 20, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address on June 13, 2021. / Vatican Media/CNA

Vatican City, Jun 20, 2021 / 06:05 am (CNA).
In his Angelus message this Sunday, Pope Francis offered a reminder that the Lord wants us to seek his presence in the t… […]

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Myanmar military arrest Catholic priest amid crackdown

June 18, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The flag of Burma (Myanmar). / Creative Photo Corner/Shutterstock.

Rome Newsroom, Jun 18, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).
A Burmese Catholic priest was arrested this week after the military raided his residence in the western part of the country. Fr. Mic… […]

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Four killed as Myanmar army artillery shell hits Catholic church

May 25, 2021 CNA Daily News 3

Rome Newsroom, May 25, 2021 / 09:00 am Four people were killed after the Burmese army shelled a Catholic church in the early hours of Monday. The National Unity Government of Myanmar (NUG), which describes itself as […]

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