The Catholic Register Thu, 23 Jan 2025 07:11:40 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb D&P given a boost for Rohingya refugees /item/27938-d-p-given-a-boost-for-rohingya-refugees /item/27938-d-p-given-a-boost-for-rohingya-refugees

Development and Peace has received an additional $500,000 from Global Affairs Canada to spend between now and Christmas to keep Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh safe, warm and dry.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:41:45 -0400 Cardinal Bo condemns Myanmar military for brutality in Kachin /home/international/item/27935-cardinal-bo-condemns-myanmar-military-for-brutality-in-kachin /home/international/item/27935-cardinal-bo-condemns-myanmar-military-for-brutality-in-kachin MANDALAY, Myanmar – Myanmar's military continues to persecute ethnic Kachin, the predominant Christian group in a conflict-torn part of the country, as well as Rohingya Muslims, said Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, Myanmar.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 05 Sep 2018 08:45:07 -0400 Ethnic minorities in Myanmar struggle on many fronts, U.S. bishop says /home/international/item/20689-ethnic-minorities-in-myanmar-struggle-on-many-fronts-u-s-bishop-says /home/international/item/20689-ethnic-minorities-in-myanmar-struggle-on-many-fronts-u-s-bishop-says

WASHINGTON - Displaced members of Myanmar's Kachin ethnic minority are struggling with being away from their homes and the limited services available in a Catholic-run camp near the Myanmar-China border, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration.

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TORONTO - A bishop in the remote northern Kachin State of Myanmar has asked Catholic Register readers for their prayers as Caritas Myanmar struggles to care for at least 100,000 internally displaced people in camps in and around his diocese.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Sun, 24 Feb 2013 07:00:00 -0500