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Pope Francis earlier this week also called for prayers for Myanmar where an old Catholic church was burned and destroyed this month

The Fortify Rights report noted that Myanmar’s military regime committed widespread and systematic crimes against humanity

A report titled ‘Nowhere is Safe’ says Myanmar's military and police have committed murder, torture, and forcible displacements of people

A Catholic priest who asked not to be named for security reasons said the attack was "deliberate and planned"

Church leaders said the persecution happened because Christians chose to be with the suffering people caught in the middle of the conflict

The Church in Myanmar is faced with a task with which it is sadly familiar, that is to attend to the increasingly large number of displaced people

The villagers said the parish priest and nuns were able to escape the attack with several parishioners

The repugnant violence over the last ten months has offended the sensibilities of the world

The Caritas team was bringing humanitarian aid to communities affected by the ongoing conflict in the area when the incident happened

Fighting in the eastern part of the country between the military and local militias caused damage to at least eight churches