Tag: Myanmar
Voices from Myanmar’s coup, two years on
From striking civil servants to rebels holed up in the dense jungle, five people speak of how their lives have been upended by the coup
Myanmar pilgrims return to Buddha’s golden footprints
The Shwe Sat Taw pagoda in the Magway region was built around footprints that, according to myth, the Buddha left during a visit
ACN to hold three days of prayer for Myanmar on second...
Pope Francis earlier this week also called for prayers for Myanmar where an old Catholic church was burned and destroyed this month
Southeast Asian MPs urge Thai gov’t to stop engaging with Myanmar...
The call to disengage the junta came after a meeting between the top leaders of the Myanmar and Thai armed forces
Buddhist monk leads deadly pro-junta militias in Myanmar’s Sagaing region
The stern-looking 40-year-old monk with broad shoulders and wide-set eyes made a name for himself in Sagaing’s Kanbalu township
Myanmar’s Catholic Church leaders issue ‘passionate appeal’ for peace
“In a country blessed with so many great resources, the destruction of lives is a heart-wrenching tragedy,” said the Catholic bishops
Pope Francis appeals for prayers for ‘forgiveness, love, and peace’ in...
The pope asked the people to pray that the conflict will end soon and that “a new time of forgiveness, love, and peace will begin”
Myanmar’s junta soldiers burn 129-year-old Catholic church
More than 150 soldiers entered Chan Thar village in Ye-U township and set up camp inside the Assumption church compound
Prominent Burmese Christian leader in poor health in prison
Myanmar’s military, which seized control of the government in a 2021 coup, routinely uses criminal defamation laws to punish its critics
Catholic priest, Baptist pastor reported killed in Myanmar bombing
Myanmar has been in turmoil since Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government was toppled in a military coup almost two years ago