Young Catholics in the Diocese of Mandalay in Myanmar have set up COVID-19 response initiatives to address the increasing number of people affected by the pandemic.
Catholics in Myanmar, including Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, expressed their gratitude to the Church in the Philippines for showing “solidarity” with the beleaguered country.
The Diocese of Kalay in Myanmar announced new guidelines for the burial of COVID-19 victims following the death of two Catholic priests in the past week due to the disease.
There was a notable increase in the number of churches under military attack in Myanmar in recent weeks, said reports from communities and independent media organizations.
Church officials in eastern Myanmar’s Kayah state have prioritized the emergency needs of thousands of displaced people rather than repairing churches damaged by military attacks.
Catholic Church leaders in Myanmar appealed for a “humanitarian corridor” in the country’s conflict zones as violence continues to rage in many parts of the country this week.
A Catholic Church has been repeatedly hit by artillery shells on June 6, Corpus Christi Sunday, as Myanmar’s military continued its offensive in the eastern part of the country’s Kayah State.
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Myanmar’s highest Catholic Church official, expressed “immense sorrow and pain” over the attack on churches in the country this week that resulted in the death of civilians.
Pope Francis called on the people of Myanmar “to keep the faith” and to not allow themselves to be divided amid the conflict brought about by the military coup in the Southeast Asian country.
