Myanmar

Pope Leo spoke to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See in the Vatican Apostolic Palace Jan. 9.

Seventeen Catholic priests, sisters, seminarians and lay workers were murdered in 2025, according to Fides, the Vatican’s missionary news agency.

A court affiliated with Myanmar’s exiled government has sentenced nine men to 20 years in prison for the killing of a Catholic priest in the country’s conflict-torn Sagaing region earlier …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis issued regular appeals for prayers for Myanmar — a nation embroiled in a political and humanitarian crisis since a military coup plunged the crisis …

“Myanmar has lost so much, yet its people remain resilient and unshaken in spirit,” said Rita Hwin, a Burmese Catholic who serves as a pastoral associate at St. Pius Parish.

Father Martin Ma Na Ling, a priest of the Diocese of Owensboro, Ky., has not seen his brother in person since 2009, when Stephen left their family’s village in Myanmar …

The earthquake hit the country at a time of uncertainty due to the ongoing civil war between resistance groups and Myanmar’s governing military junta, which overthrew the previous democratically elected …

“People urgently need shelter, medical care, and water and sanitation support,” said the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Mandalay-Sagaing region in southwestern Myanmar, causing multistory buildings to collapse and raising concerns about a significant death toll.

The military junta in Myanmar’s strife-torn Kachin state allegedly burned down a Catholic cathedral dedicated to St. Patrick March 16, the eve of the saint’s feast.