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May 30, 2018

Cardinal Bo among faith leaders pledging to back Myanmar peace efforts

Police officers detain a student taking part in a rally demanding peace May 12 at the war-torn section of Yangon, Myanmar.
BANGKOK – Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, has joined other faith leaders in declaring their commitment to peace initiatives in the strife-torn southeast Asia country, a move welcomed by State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi.
Published in International
January 3, 2018

Kachin refugee in Canada buoyed by Pope’s message

Pri Ja N-Jang is a Catholic from Myanmar's Kachin State who now lives in Toronto.
Despite being unable to use the word Rohingya while he was in Myanmar, the Pope’s message on religious diversity and respect for minorities got through loud and clear, a Catholic refugee from Myanmar told The Catholic Register.
Published in Canada
December 21, 2017

‘Fastest growing crisis’ growing worse for Rohingya

A Rohingya family sits outside their tent at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
Development and Peace has raised $590,000 to fund its work in Bangladesh and Myanmar with Rohingya refugees, $450,000 of which is eligible for matching funds from Ottawa.
Published in International
December 1, 2017

Pope meets 16 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, says they are 'images of the living God'

Pope Francis meets Rohingya refugees from Myanmar during an interreligious and ecumenical meeting for peace in the garden of the archbishop's residence in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 1.
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Each human being is created in the image and likeness of God, yet so often people desecrate that image with violence as seen in the treatment of Myanmar's Rohingya minority, Pope Francis said.
Published in International
November 28, 2017

Unity, not uniformity, leads to peace, Pope says

Pope Francis greets men during a small informal meeting with a variety of religious leaders Nov. 28 at the archbishop's residence in Yangon, Myanmar.
YANGON, Myanmar – In a small, informal meeting with a variety of religious leaders, Pope Francis went to the heart of his message for Myanmar: unity, not uniformity, is the secret to peace.
Published in International
November 23, 2017

Papal visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh to preach dialogue

A woman from Myanmar feeds her child in a UN clinic for severely malnourished Rohingya children Oct. 28 in the Balukhali Refugee Camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. More than 600,000 Rohingya have fled government-sanctioned violence in Myanmar for safety in Bangladesh.
VATICAN – While the ongoing crisis of Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar for Bangladesh will draw much attention during Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to the two countries, the Pope will focus on interreligious dialogue, poverty and climate change.
Published in International
November 2, 2017

Canadian government to match donations for Rohingya refugees

The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace has partnered with Caritas Bangladesh to meet the immediate needs of the Muslim refugees pushed out of the majority Buddhist country of Myanmar, also known as Burma.
As the federal government announced a matching fund to help more than 600,000 Rohingya refugees, Canada’s Catholic humanitarian aid and development agency was already on the ground in Bangladesh delivering aid to desperate people in Cox’s Bazar.
Published in Canada
October 12, 2017

Pope to press inter-religious respect in Myanmar

A young Rohingya refugee carries a child Oct. 10 while walking in a camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Pope Francis, who will visit Bangladesh Nov. 30-Dec. 2, has appealed for their protection of the Rohingya on several occasions, calling them "our brothers and sisters."
Amid international condemnation of Myanmar’s treatment of the Rohingya people, Pope Francis will visit Myanmar and Bangladesh to recognize each nation’s struggle for independence, promote interreligious respect and encourage the minority Catholic communities.
Published in International