Tag: Myanmar
Bishop in Myanmar urges new deacons to be bearers of peace
“The first word to say to the people is ‘Peace be with you.’ The disciples are to bring peace, healing, and happiness to the people”
Cardinal Bo calls for dialogue after military raid on his home...
“We can never find any solution through war .... It is of great importance to tame our mind and stay humble and not to choose the path of war"
Myanmar junta looks to placate ASEAN with prisoner releases
The releases came just days after Indonesian President Joko Widodo assumed the rotating presidency of ASEAN
New bishop in Myanmar vows to work for ‘peaceful coexistence’
He invited Catholics in his area to “serve the best according to the respective apostolic work assigned to each one”
ASEAN leaders struggle for answers to Myanmar crisis
Leaders from the ASEAN will discuss ways to implement a peace plan agreed with Myanmar last year which the junta has so far ignored
Junta forces seize ‘Christian orphanage’ in Mandalay region, driving out children...
About 50 children from war-torn Kachin State in northern Myanmar were sheltering in the building when it was raided, according to locals
Welcome no more: Rohingya face backlash in Bangladesh
Much has changed in the time since he and 750,000 other members of the stateless Muslim minority escaped neighboring Myanmar
Rebel group claims responsibility for blasts at Myanmar’s Insein Prison
The blasts were the latest attack by groups seeking to remove the junta from power following the February 2021 coup
Thousands throng Myanmar’s Shwedagon to mark Buddhist festival of lights
The three-day festival marks Buddha's descent from heaven and is normally marked by riotous fireworks displays
Myanmar junta leader not invited to ASEAN summit
There is growing dissatisfaction within ASEAN — sometimes criticized as a toothless talking shop — at the Myanmar generals' stonewalling
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