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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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Aid group warns of violence against Christians, sees glimmer of hope in Myanmar

February 15, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

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

CNA Newsroom, Feb 15, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
A humanitarian aid group h… […]

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Catholic cathedral complex bombed, bishop flees with refugees in worsening Myanmar civil war

November 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

This photo taken on October 12, 2014, shows the exterior of a church in Loikaw, Kayah state, eastern Myanmar. / Credit: Ye Aung Thu/AFP via Getty Images

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 29, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).
The pastoral center of Christ the… […]

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Pope Francis: To stay with Jesus requires the courage to leave our sins

January 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 5

Pope Francis delivers the Angelus address on Jan. 22, 2023. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Jan 22, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).
In his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis said that following Jesus requires the courage to leave behind the sins that ar… […]

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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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Ukraine conflict: Cardinal Bo fears ‘nightmare scenario’ of ‘global nuclear holocaust’

March 4, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, pictured on May 12, 2016. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Yangon, Burma, Mar 4, 2022 / 03:07 am (CNA).
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo said on Friday that the “nightmare scenario” of a global nuclear holocaust was “becoming a … […]

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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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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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