Nine individuals have been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win, a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Mandalay, Myanmar.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Mandalay, in northern Myanmar, organized a three-day seminar from July 15 to 17 focused on the safeguarding of minors and vulnerable adults for priests and nuns.
Archbishop Marco Tin Win of Mandalay Archdiocese exhorted the Catholics to focus on spiritual exercises instead of material preparations in solidarity with the suffering brethren in Myanmar.
“Whenever I faced difficulties during those 25 years, I sacrificed them and prayed to God,” says U Soe Naing, a catechist in the Archdiocese of Mandalay, Myanmar.
Catholics are urged to show solidarity with the suffering people in Myanmar. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the coup on February 1, 2021. The nation’s economy is disrupted with protests against the military forces, battles in border regions amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
The Archdiocese of Mandalay has set up a new commission to address the needs of the people as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the country.