By Matters India Reporter Yangon, Jan 23, 2023: In the wake of rising attacks against places of worship, senior religious leaders of Myanmar have appealed for restraint citing international pacts that call for the protection of places of worship, places of learning, and places of healing. In the latest attack,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Myanmar, May 15, 2022: Cardinal Charles Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, has urged the international community to monitor the situation in Hong Kong and speak out for freedom and justice. The president of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences made the call MayContinue Reading
Yangon: Here is the text of the first interview Cardinal Charles Muango Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Myanmar, gave to British Broadcasting Corporation of London after the military coup in his country on February 1. Dear BBC I, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, the Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar willinglyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 8, 2020: Tributes continue to pour in for Father Raymond Ambroise, a noted communicator in the Asian Church, who died of heart attack on July 7 in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. Father Raymond’s elder brother Bishop Emeritus Yvon Ambroise of TuticorinContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 16, 2020: Cardinal Charles Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, on June 16 expressed shock over the hospitalization of Archbishop Moses M. Costa of Chittagong in Bangladesh with Covid-19 related issues. “The news comes as a shock because the archbishop hasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yangon, May 11, 2020: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences president Cardinal Charles Maung Bo has urged people of all religions to support the appeal of religious leaders to set aside May 14 for “fasting, prayers and supplications.” “I want to encourage all to live this timeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, Nov 16, 2019: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Myanmar has spent a week in India’s northeastern region. He concluded the visit on November 13 with a concelebrated Mass in the Salesian Provincial House, Guwahati, Assam. The cardinal, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops ConferencesContinue Reading
