Unknown assailants gunned down a Catholic priest, seriously injuring him as he celebrated morning Mass in Myanmar's conflict-stricken northern Kachin state on April 12.
Two men opened fire at 6:30 a.m. on Father Paul Khwi Shane Aung, 40, parish priest of St. Patrick's
The Catholic Church has dispatched aid materials to the hardest-hit regions of Myanmar after deadly Cyclone Mocha battered the southeast Asian country May 14.
The cyclone collapsed houses, brought down communications lines and destroyed poorly constructed camps of Rohingya people -- a Muslim
Soldiers in Myanmar used a Catholic church as a kitchen and laid mines around the building, church sources told ucanews.com.
A video posted by local defense forces showed dirty floors and pews covered with dust along with cooking pots and military uniforms inside
Myanmar's military junta has committed crimes against humanity amid ongoing conflicts in the country following the coup last year, said a new report by the United Nations.
The U.N. Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar said in its annual report Aug. 9 that sexual
Archbishop Marco Tin Win of Mandalay has called for human dignity and property to be respected following attacks on civilians in several villages by Myanmar's military junta.
"I am deeply disheartened to learn about the suffering of thousands of people, especially from villages,
The papal foundation Aid to the Church in Need has called for prayers Feb. 1, to show solidarity with the people of Myanmar on the first anniversary of the military coup.
"It has been a year of terror and suffering, which has disrupted
Myanmar's military continues to target churches in predominantly Christian regions in the Buddhist-majority country, ignoring appeals by the Catholic Church and world leaders, reported ucanews.com.
The latest military assault on Christians in Myanmar's ethnic regions is not the first time the minority has
The Catholic Church is lending a hand to people affected by the coronavirus in Myanmar as the country's health system struggles to cope with a record wave of COVID-19 infections.
Ucanews.com reported that St. Joseph's Catholic Major Seminary in Yangon has been converted
Pope Francis called on the international community to come to the aid of the people of Myanmar who continue to suffer from violence, displacement and starvation.
After praying the Angelus prayer June 20 with pilgrims in St. Peter's Square, the pope expressed his
Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, pleaded for an end to violence after a deadly mortar attack in his country claimed the lives of four people sheltering in a church.
In a statement posted on his Twitter account, Cardinal Bo, who also serves