MUMBAI, India – On Sunday, Pope Francis offered his prayers for the people of Myanmar, who have been “suffering so much because of the earthquake.”
The 7.7 earthquake on March 28 has killed at least 1,600 people in Myanmar and 18 in neighbouring Thailand.
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Myanmar, issued a statement saying the Church “joins our country’s men and women in solidarity as they face yet another crisis.”
“This tragic event has further exacerbated the profound multi-dimensional humanitarian crisis already gripping Myanmar, where, as per the UN estimate, nearly 20 million people, including 6.3 million children, are in dire need of assistance,” the cardinal says.
