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  • Catholic cathedral complex bombed, bishop flees with refugees in worsening Myanmar civil war

    12/01/2023 7:30:14 PM PST · by Morgana · 3 replies
    Catholic News Agency ^ | November 29, 2023 | Peter Pinedo
    The pastoral center of Christ the King Cathedral in Loikaw, Myanmar, was bombed on Nov. 26 and occupied by the Burmese military the next day, according to reporting by Agenzia Fides, the news arm of Pontifical Mission Societies. Though no one was killed in the bombing, the pastoral center’s ceiling collapsed and Bishop Celso Ba Shwe and the 80 refugees taking shelter in the church were forced to flee, per the Hong Kong Catholic news service UCA News. Shwe said in a statement published by Agenzia Fides that “the Burmese army tried to take the Christ the King Cathedral complex...