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AFP With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will succeed Pope Francis after the conclave beginning this week remains just that – speculation. (confirmed by 3 sources) [1]

India deepens ties with Myanmar junta Amid criticism over the increasingly close cooperation between the Myanmar military regime and India, the world’s largest democracy, junta-appointed Minister for Commerce U Aung Na [2]

YANGON — Election 2020: The Week in Review offers a summary of the most important developments related to the 2020 election during the past week — the stories readers should not miss if they want to understand the electoral landscape. Between Aug. [3]

YANGON—Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, the leader of the Myanmar Roman Catholic Church, called on the world to understand the people of Myanmar and their struggles and to not condemn, as he delivered his Christmas message on Saturday. [4]

Coup leader thanks predecessor for submarine fleet Coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has praised his predecessor former military dictator Than Shwe, describing him as the person who laid the foundations for Myanmar’s first submarine unit. [5]

Military regime troops torched the home village of the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Myanmar on Thursday, killing two civilians including a male child. [6]

YANGON—The Archbishop of Yangon, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, has appealed to Myanmar’s government to repeal a constitutional provision barring members of religious orders from voting in elections, as it considers reforms to the charter. [7]

RANGOON — Religious extremism could derail Burma’s much-vaunted reform process, the Buddhist-majority country’s first Catholic cardinal, Charles Maung Bo, said on Tuesday. Bo, who was named a cardinal by Pope Francis on Jan. [8]

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[1] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-05-06 · 75% match

Myanmar’s Cardinal Bo amongst over a dozen potential successors to Pope Francis

AFP With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will succeed Pope Francis after the conclave beginning this week remains just that – speculation.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2022-11-19 · 75% match

Junta Watch: Regime’s Ties With India, Russia and Some Christian Leaders Flourish

India deepens ties with Myanmar junta Amid criticism over the increasingly close cooperation between the Myanmar military regime and India, the world’s largest democracy, junta-appointed Minister for Commerce U Aung Na

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-09-05 · 75% match

Election 2020: The Week in Review

YANGON — Election 2020: The Week in Review offers a summary of the most important developments related to the 2020 election during the past week — the stories readers should not miss if they want to understand the electoral landscape. Between Aug.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-12-23 · 75% match

Head of Myanmar Catholic Church Calls for Int’l Understanding of Country’s Struggles

YANGON—Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, the leader of the Myanmar Roman Catholic Church, called on the world to understand the people of Myanmar and their struggles and to not condemn, as he delivered his Christmas message on Saturday.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2022-01-01 · 75% match

Junta Watch: New Submarines; Junta Massacres Civilians in Southeast Myanmar; Regime Uses Christians for Propaganda and More

Coup leader thanks predecessor for submarine fleet Coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has praised his predecessor former military dictator Than Shwe, describing him as the person who laid the foundations for Myanmar’s first submarine unit.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2022-11-25 · 75% match

Myanmar Junta Torches Home Village of Catholic Cardinal

Military regime troops torched the home village of the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Myanmar on Thursday, killing two civilians including a male child.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-02-07 · 75% match

Members of Religious Orders Should Have Right to Vote, Myanmar’s Cardinal Bo Says

YANGON—The Archbishop of Yangon, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, has appealed to Myanmar’s government to repeal a constitutional provision barring members of religious orders from voting in elections, as it considers reforms to the charter.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-01-06 · 75% match

Burma’s new Catholic cardinal warns against religious extremism

RANGOON — Religious extremism could derail Burma’s much-vaunted reform process, the Buddhist-majority country’s first Catholic cardinal, Charles Maung Bo, said on Tuesday. Bo, who was named a cardinal by Pope Francis on Jan.

[9] MM mizzima.com · 2023-12-14 · 75% match

Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight

Mizzima The Bishops’ Conference of Myanmar has issued a message to all its dioceses and to political, religious and civil society leaders calling for an end to the violence in the wake of the February 1 military coup.

[10] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-11-03 · 75% match

Church in village of Myanmar’s Catholic leader bombed in junta raid

RFA Junta forces damaged a church in the home village of Myanmar’s most prominent Christian, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, one of several religious buildings destroyed in fighting between the military and pro-democracy forces, residents told Radio Free

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