The Bishops of Peru stressed, in a statement published on December 12 on the recent deadly protest, that “Violence is not the solution to crisis or differences. No more violence, no more deaths! Peru must be our priority!”
Catholic nuns, seminarians and laypeople have marched on the streets to pray for peace as pro-democracy protests intensify in Myanmar three weeks after the Feb. 1 coup.
Catholic leaders in Myanmar called on the country's political and military leaders to pursue dialogue amid growing tension in the wake of a military coup last week.
Hundreds of people, including members of the Catholic clergy, have signified support for protests in towns and cities across Myanmar in a show of defiance to the military takeover of their government.
People in Myanmar showed their opposition to the military's move to take over government this week through peaceful protests that included prayers and the banging of pots and pans.
Catholic churches and cathedrals in several cities were among the buildings damaged in the protests and riots that occurred in the United States over the past week.
