"The bombing caused damage to the building, but no injuries. We thank God that we are safe, although people here are fighting ...

Soon after the destruction of the Mindat church, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon urged Catholics to pray for those who were displaced by the violence of the conflict in Myanmar.

YANGON: In a cathedral's hush in Myanmar's biggest metropolis, Catholics bow their heads in prayer for Pope Francis — ...

In a cathedral's hush in Myanmar's biggest metropolis, Catholics bow their heads in prayer for Pope Francis -- returning the ...

They are also prohibited from building new churches. The country has an estimated at 53.5 million people (in 2019) and 87.9 percent of them are Buddhists. Of the 6.2 percent Christians, Catholics are ...

YANGON: A Roman Catholic priest was knifed to death in his church in Myanmar by members of an anti-junta rebel group, an official and the head of the country's bishops conference said. Father ...

YANGON – A Roman Catholic priest was knifed to death in his church in Myanmar by members of an anti-junta rebel group, an official and the head of the country’s bishops’ conference has said.

Myanmar's Catholics pray for the health of Pope Francis at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon on March 9, 2025. Pope Francis's ...

He served in a village church in Shwebo township in Sagaing region, a stronghold of the armed resistance. The Home Affairs and Immigration Ministry of the shadow National Unity Government ...