Myanmar’s Loikaw diocese has closed down 16 churches due to Burmese military forces and KNDF (Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF), even priests and nuns have to move into the forest area.
The Burmese military is shelling on the people daily. People are fleeing to safer places.
Myanmar has been under a military coup since February 1, 2021.
“Two-thirds of the Catholic population had to flee to safer places,” said Loikaw diocese’s official Facebook page.
All, including priests and nuns, had to evacuate to forests.
As of now, six churches were ruined in the war in the diocese.
There are 16 dioceses in Myanmar, Loikaw has a majority Catholic population. Out of more than 40 parishes in Loikaw, 16 parishes are closed because people left their homes parishes due to shelling by the Burmese military.
“In a parish, we have lay people and priests who are taking care of that people. We call it a parish. In Myanmar, the most populated Catholics are from the Loikaw diocese. We had to close 16 parishes. It is really bad,” said a priest to Kantarawaddy Times.
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