By Matters India Reporter Yangon, July 2, 2020: In a call for prayer sent out on July 1, the head of the Catholic Church in Asia has appealed to heads of various religions “to pray for Hong Kong, and indeed for China and all her people, with great insistence.” CardinalContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Yangon, Feb 8, 2020: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), appealed to brother bishops of 26 member countries to seek the intercession of Blessed Virgin Mary to stall the corona virus epidemic. Originating in the Chinese city of Wuhan, theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yangon, Dec 22, 2019: In a Christmas message addressed to “all my brothers and sisters” Myanmar’s cardinal has appealed to both his countrymen and international community to “to accompany this nation of fledgling democracy” as all stakeholders are trying to recast a new Myanmar. “More thanContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Yangon, April 17, 2019: Head of the Catholic Church in Asia has expressed solidarity with the people of France in the wake of a tragic fire that damaged the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The devastating fire that gutted the spire and almost two thirds ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yangon, Jan. 4, 2019: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, on January 2 mourned the death of Jesuit Father Samuel Rayan, hailing him as the “giant” of the Asian liberation theology. “It is with deep sense of sorrow and humility thatContinue Reading
By Robin Gomes Vatican City, Dec. 28, 2018: The president-elect of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) has made an urgent appeal to the Church in Asia to reach out in solidarity and support to the survivors of the devastating tsunami that struck Indonesia nearly a week ago. “OnContinue Reading
Yangon – Church colleagues on Monday proudly welcomed home Archbishop Charles Maung Bo, a day after his appointment by Pope Francis as Myanmar’s first Roman Catholic cardinal. Bo, the archbishop of Yangon, was one of 20 new cardinals whose appointments were announced Sunday and who assume their new jobs nextContinue Reading