Rome Newsroom, Jun 23, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Burmese protesters have faced a “nightmare of repression and violence,” according to a missionary priest who is close to the Catholic community in the Southeast Asian country.
“For the Burmese Church, this is the hour of confession of faith, courageous witness, and martyrdom,” Fr. Gianni Criveller told ACI Stampa, CNA’s Italian-language sister news agency.
Fr. Criveller is a missionary priest with the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME). He currently serves as the dean of PIME’s International Theological Study in northern Italy.
Burma is one of the historic missions for PIME missionaries, who have been evangelizing in the country, officially known as Myanmar, since 1868.
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Banmaw (Agenzia Fides) - The Myanmar army has arrested Father Colombano Labang Lar Di, a Catholic priest from the diocese of Banmaw.
According to information confirmed to Agenzia Fides by the local Church, the priest was arrested on May 14 while on his way to the city of Myitkyina where he was supposed to collect aid funds to support poor families who are unemployed and who are participating in the disobedience movement against the military coup that took place in Myanmar on February 1. According to people close to him, the priest helped many civilians. He assisted and brought humanitarian aid to those who took to the streets or joined in one way or another in the peaceful demonstration, working in a spirit of solidarity and Christian charity. The news of the priest s arrest, which immediately went viral on social media, has generated reactions from civil society and the Burmese Church and mark
Pope Francis asks for prayers for peace in Myanmar
Reminding the faithful that we have entered the Marian month of May and of the daily “Prayer Marathon” initiative, Pope Francis invites everyone to pray for peace and reconciliation in Myanmar.
By Linda Bordoni
Pope Francis on Sunday invited believers to say a special prayer for strife-ridden Myanmar every day during this Marian month of May during the recitation of the daily rosary.
Speaking after the recitation of the Regina Coeli prayer, he recalled that a “Prayer Marathon” for the end of the pandemic has just begun, with Marian Shrines across the world participating with the live-streaming of the rosary every day, the Pope said that within this context there is an initiative that is particularly close to his heart: that of the Burmese Church that invites us to pray for peace in the country.