Army attack on Myanmar Catholic church leaves four dead

America

Gerard O’Connell
May 25, 2021

Villagers fleeing the violence in Myanmar are pictured under candlelight at a school in the Thai border village of Mae Sam Laep. Cardinal Charles Bo is asking the people of Myanmar to say the rosary and participate in eucharistic adoration for peace and justice. (CNS photo/Athit Perawongmetha, Reuters)

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo today denounced the attack by Myanmar’s army on innocent civilians—mostly women and children—who had taken refuge in a Catholic church in the village of Kayan Tharyar, four miles from Loikaw, capital of Kayah State, on Sunday May 23. The attack killed four people, injured at least 8 and displaced many people, according to Cardinal Bo.