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The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul distributed relief goods and financial assistance to needy families in the parish of St. Peter and Paul in the Archdiocese of Yangon this week.

Thousands of people continue to be displaced in several areas in Myanmar, said reports received by Radio Veritas Asia from communities.

When Cardinal Charles Maung Bo became the first cardinal of Myanmar in 2015, he took his new position seriously.

More people have been displaced in Myanmar's Karen state and in Tanintharyee division, said reports reaching Radio Veritas Asia.

Myanmar junta forces have reportedly occupied churches and destroyed stocks of food aid for refugees during clashes with ethnic armed forces and militias.

Everyone, regardless of religion, has the responsibility to take care of the environment and fight the global climate crisis.

A parish church in Myanmar has been converted into a COVID-19 treatment center to augment public and private hospitals that have been inundated with patients in recent weeks.

Myanmar's military has earlier asked for 30 monks, one for each checkpoint in the city, from an organization of Buddhist monks

Archbishop Emeritus Matthias U Shwe of the Diocese of Taunggyi in Myanmar died on August 12 in the town of Taunggyi in Shan state. He was 78.

The Diocese of Pathein in Myanmar has named Father Henry EiKhlein as its new diocesan administrator on Wednesday, August 11.

She goes around the clinic in Myitkyina asking about the condition of patients. She also attends to whoever comes to the clinic for help.

Father John Kyaw Thu Ya, parish priest of Mary Help of Christians in the village of Chaung Yo in Mandalay archdiocese, led a religious procession and veneration of the Holy Eucharist on July 31 to inspire parishioners in the midst of the pandemic.

The Catholic bishops of Myanmar launched on Monday, August 2, a "national prayer campaign" as coronavirus cases in the country continue to surge.

We offer all our people to the protection of God. Our people's destiny is more and more in the hands of God as we sail through these stormy seas of fear, despair, anxiety and pandemic.

The parish of Shwe Pyi Thar in Yangon, Myanmar, launched a relief program on July 29 to help address the rising COVID-19 cases in the area.

It has become a tradition for young Catholics in Myanmar to honor their parents every year during the feast of St. Joachim and St. Anne, the parents of Mary, on July 26.

The social action arm of the Diocese of Hpa-An in Myanmar's Karen state has offered support for victims of floods in the area.

The Salesians of Don Bosco congregation in Myanmar distributed aid to poor families in Hsipaw in the northern Shan state of Myamar on July 25.

These are apocalyptic times: starvation, struggle for oxygen, long queues in the cemeteries and the persisting virus of conflict and poverty of our people. We plead with those who rule: Be Good Shepherds, save our people.

Myanmar has banned travel from village to village in the country’s provinces, especially in the northern Bago and Tanintharyee Division, due to the continuing surge of COVID-19 cases.