Radio Veritas Asia's Myanmar listeners and producers have shared harrowing accounts of the severe hardships faced by the people following a devastating earthquake, ongoing conflicts, and critical shortages of food and water.
The ethnic minority Karen people of Myanmar have raised fears over the growing conflict and chaos in the country brought about by the February 1 military coup.
Policemen and soldiers entered several Catholic churches in Myanmar, especially in the Diocese of Pathein, in recent weeks, Radio Veritas Asia learned.
A modern dental care unit has been inaugurated at the Krick and Bourry Memorial Hospital, which is run by the Catholic Church in Miao diocese of Arunachal Pradesh
The various departments of the Catholic Church in India's northeast region reviewed their role in fighting the spread of the coronavirus disease in a meeting on April 8 and 9.
The disasters, caused by two days of heavy rain due to the Seroja tropical cyclone, hit 12 cities and districts in the province on Easter Sunday, killing at least 128 people, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.
The priest is founder director of Christ Educational Foundation and is currently the director of Rajkot’s Christ Hospital, the first COVID-19 healthcare institution in Gujarat.
Bishop Olivier Schmitthauesler, apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh, led that distribution of food and relief goods to a community affected by the pandemic in the province of Takeo on April 6, 2021.
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Bangladesh, through its Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace, has expressed support and solidarity with the people of Myanmar.
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo led the lighting of candles at St. Anthony’s Catholic church where 56 people died when suicide bombers carried out one of the attacks.
Pope Francis urged people around the world not to give up hope despite all the challenges, including the coronavirus pandemic, in his traditional Easter message “Urbi et Orbi” – to the city and the world.
In his Easter message, Cardinal Bo said the people of Myanmar should not fall into the turf of the enemy, but instead “defeat him with love, defeat him with humanity.”
