By Robin Gomes
As Myanmar saw its worst bloodbath on Sunday, with more than 30 protesters shot dead by security forces, the Catholic Church in the troubled nation once more raised its voice calling for peace and condemning the brutal force and bloodshed against the people.
Blood of brothers and sisters
“As the leaders of the Myanmar Catholic Church,. we urge all parties in Myanmar to seek peace,” wrote Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon on Sunday in an open letter to all the people of the nation, including the elected jailed leaders and the military. “This crisis will not be resolved by bloodshed,” he said, stressing, “The killings must stop at once. So many have perished.” “The blood spilled is not the blood of an enemy,” he argued, adding, “It is the blood of our own sisters and brothers, our own citizens.”
Cardinal Bo calls for week of prayer for China Church
Myanmar prelate hopes China can become a force for good and a protector of the vulnerable and marginalized UCA News reporter Updated: March 14, 2021 08:46 AM GMT
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Catholic worshippers attend Mass on Holy Saturday in 2018 at Beijing s government-sanctioned South Cathedral. (Photo: Greg Baker/AFP)
Cardinal Charles Bo, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), has called on the faithful to join a week of prayer for the Chinese Church from May 23-30.
In 2007, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI published his letter to the Church in the People’s Republic of China and designated May 24, the feast of Our Lady of Help of Christians, as an annual worldwide day of prayer for the Chinese Church.
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CWN Editor s Note: Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai (Bombay) is president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, a member of the Pope’s advisory Council of Cardinals, and former president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences.
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