At the start of Holy Week, Cardinal Bo laments 'devastating toll of conflict'
Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon says Christians mark Holy Week reflecting on the “devastating toll of conflict even in the birthplace of Jesus, Ukraine, and our own soil.”
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Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon says Christians mark Holy Week reflecting on the “devastating toll of conflict even in the birthplace of Jesus, Ukraine, and our own soil.”
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In his Lenten Message, released by the Vatican on February 17, Pope Francis, likens the penitential season to the Transfiguration, saying that during Lent “the Lord takes us with him to a place apart.
The bishop also encouraged the faithful to, "go into battle with evil through prayer, and through prayer overpower it.”