Policemen and soldiers entered several Catholic churches in Myanmar, especially in the Diocese of Pathein, in recent weeks, Radio Veritas Asia learned.
On April 2, members of the military security council visited the Assumption Catholic Church in Kanazogone parish.
A week later, on April 8, the soldiers came back with the police and officials of the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
The group inspected the church and checked the church’s papers and documents.
“They did not ask any particular question, but they seemed to be suspicious about something,” said the parish priest.
The next day, on April 9, Church leaders received information that soldiers would be visiting the St. Peter's Cathedral, but nobody came.
Policemen earlier also visited the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Thinganai parish and entered the adoration chapel and the cemetery. - RVA News
Radio Veritas Asia (RVA), a media platform of the Catholic Church, aims to share Christ. RVA started in 1969 as a continental Catholic radio station to serve Asian countries in their respective local language, thus earning the tag “the Voice of Asian Christianity.” Responding to the emerging context, RVA embraced media platforms to connect with the global Asian audience via its 21 language websites and various social media platforms.
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