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Cardinal Bo: Lent is ‘365 days of real suffering’

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo said Lent teaches the human family great lessons about “liberation from oppression, self-purification, and hope”.

Rohingya refugees face worsening conditions in Cox’s Bazar amidst global silence”

Rohingyas, an ethnic minority group predominantly Muslim, faced a genocide in 2017 that forced over 740,000 to flee to Bangladesh

Asian bishops unveil website dedicated for Synod

Bishop Sebastian Francis said the Synod “is a privileged moment to continue the threefold dialogue with cultures, religions, and the poor”

A closer look into the urban resistance in Myanmar

Massive rallies opposed the junta and a civil disobedience movement emerged against the military dictatorship immediately after the coup

Global platform launched to address rural bombings

The groups decried the increased aerial bombing in countries such as Pakistan, Myanmar, the Philippines, West Papua, Palestine, and India

Pope Francis encourages Marian shrines around the world to pray for...

Marian shrines around the world will participate in a special day of prayer this Wednesday for the work of the Synod on Synodality

Nearly 400 feared dead after Cyclone Mocha hit Myanmar’s Rakhine state

Volunteers from the Muslim Aid and Relief Society said most of the dead were children, pregnant women and the elderly

Cyclone Mocha inflicts heavy damage on Myanmar’s Rakhine state

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance called Mocha “one of the strongest cyclones ever to hit the country”

ASEAN leaders express deep concern about Myanmar violence

ASEAN has led diplomatic attempts to resolve the festering crisis, but its efforts so far have failed to stem the bloodshed unleashed by a military coup in 2021

Myanmar crisis to dominate ASEAN leaders summit

Diplomats said the crisis would be a key issue during the May 9-11 summit on the Indonesian island of Flores

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