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Pope Francis offered asylum to Myanmar’s imprisoned leader Aung San Suu Kyi

September 24, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis meets with Aung San Suu Kyi, winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, in the Diplomatic Corps Hall at the Vatican on Nov. 28, 2017. / Credit: L’Osservatore Romano/CNA

Vatican City, Sep 24, 2024 / 12:55 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis said he h… […]

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Myanmar conflict: a state of unprecedented turmoil and suffering, Cardinal Bo says

May 24, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Bo during his interview with ACI Prensa and EWTN News. / Credit: ACI Prensa/EWTN News

ACI Prensa Staff, May 24, 2024 / 17:18 pm (CNA).
In an interview with ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo… […]

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Myanmar priest shot while celebrating Mass amid violent conflict 

April 12, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

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

CNA Staff, Apr 12, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA).
A Myanmar priest was shot this week while celebrating Mass in the state of Kachin, according to media reports, with t… […]

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Myanmar troops set fire to Catholic church, rebel group says

June 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

St. Matthew Catholic Church appears gutted by fire, allegedly set by government soldiers, in eastern Myanmar on June 15, 2022. / Screenshot from KNDF Facebook video

Loikaw, Burma, Jun 16, 2022 / 15:46 pm (CNA).
Government soldiers ransacked and… […]

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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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Burmese archbishop remains under house arrest; ‘We are all praying,’ priest says

April 9, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Mandalay, Burma. / Shutterstock

Mandalay, Burma, Apr 9, 2022 / 06:49 am (CNA).
Mandalay Archbishop Marco Win Tin, Vicar General Monsignor Domenic Kyo Du and their respective staffs, along with approximately 20 d… […]

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BREAKING: Burmese soldiers invade Catholic cathedral, detain archbishop

April 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Sacred Heart Cathedral in Mandalay, Burma. / maodoltee/Shutterstock.

Mandalay, Burma, Apr 8, 2022 / 13:45 pm (CNA).
Approximately 40 Burmese soldiers forcibly took control of a Catholic cathedral in Mandalay prior to a Lenten prayer service on … […]

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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 cathedral hit by artillery shelling in Burma

November 11, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

A Catholic cathedral in the Diocese of Phekhone in Burma’s Shan state / Screenshot from Radio Veritas Asia Twitter

CNA Staff, Nov 11, 2021 / 08:41 am (CNA).
A Catholic cathedral in the Diocese of Phekhone in Burma’s Shan state was among several… […]

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