Yangon archdiocese

After two years of hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual retreat of the catechists of Yangon Archdiocese in Myanmar was held from October 2 to 6, 2022.

Myanmar Church held the drawing contest to amplify the children’s spirituality.

St Peter and St Paul Catechist Training Center in Yangon Archdiocese, Myanmar, opened its academic year on June 1 with Mass.

As many as 443 young people of Yangon Archdiocese were confirmed on the Pentecost Sunday, June 5 by Cardinal Charles Bo, Bishop John Saw Yaw Han and Bishop Noel Saw Naw Aye.

Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) Karen Service celebrated its 40th year of existence with a thanksgiving Mass in Myanmar on April 1, 2022.

Thirteen priests of Yangon Archdiocese of Myanmar offered thanksgiving Mass on the day of their priestly ordination anniversary on March 18.  

Priests completing ten years of their priestly ordination gathered at the alma mater Bago Minor Seminary in the Archdiocese of Yangon from February 11-13, 2022.

Myanmar Cardinal Bo identified the five wounds of the nation, inviting pilgrims to look at Mary for hope, mercy and healing.
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, SDB, said that “Like her son whose five wounds Mary witnessed on the cross, we have come with five wounds: five wounds that include Covid, conflict, coup, the collapse of economy and crisis after crisis.”

A Catholic bishop in Myanmar told the faithful to take refuge in Mother Mary's devotion.

Myanmar's Catholic leaders expressed solidarity with the suffering people due to the military coup, as the country recalls the takeover on February 1, 2021.

A retired Catholic priest from Yangon archdiocese says the Marian devotion is necessary to re-animate faith amid the pandemic and political crisis.

Located in the war-like zone, Myanmar’s Hpa An diocese gears to prepare for the Synod of Bishops in Rome in 2023. The faithful are scattered in jungles because of the military coup since February 1, 2021.