{"id":1820224,"date":"2023-01-23T10:05:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T15:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1820224"},"modified":"2023-01-23T10:07:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T15:07:54","slug":"burmese-army-torches-catholic-church-and-convent-in-burma-burning-them-to-the-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burmese-army-torches-catholic-church-and-convent-in-burma-burning-them-to-the-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Burmese Army Torches Catholic Church and Convent in Burma, Burning Them to the Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fburmese-army-torches-catholic-church-and-convent-in-burma-burning-them-to-the-ground%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1820224&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"subheading\">ROME \u2014 The Burmese army torched a historic Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Mandalay this week and also set fire to a convent of religious sisters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Soldiers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/church\/news\/2023-01\/army-destroys-catholic-church-in-myanmar.html\">burned<\/a> According to Vatican News, the Church of the Assumption, an ancient church in Chan Thar that was once home to Catholics in the Sagaing area, and the nearby Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary were razed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The nuns <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fides.org\/it\/news\/73298-ASIA_MYANMAR_Distrutta_dall_esercito_una_chiesa_cattolica_nell_arcidiocesi_di_Mandalay_la_cappella_dell_Adorazione_resta_in_piedi\">fled<\/a> They were joined by some 3,000 villagers who lost their homes to the fires of the military.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">On Sunday, Pope Francis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/it\/angelus\/2023\/documents\/20230122-angelus.html\">expressed<\/a> He expressed his sorrow at the attack and noted that the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption was also being attacked. \u201cone of the oldest and most important places of worship in the country,\u201d Built in 1894.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI am close to the defenseless civilian population, which is sorely tried in many cities,\u201d The pontiff spoke after his weekly Angelus address. \u201cMay God grant that this conflict may soon end and a new time of forgiveness, love and peace may follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23094218\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1241247910.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23094218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1241247910-670x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"1024\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>File\/A protester holding a sign calling for H&#038;M to withdraw from Myanmar. This was outside H&#038;M on Oxford Street, London, England, June 11, 2022. Protesters joined trade unions from Myanmar to demand that international brands such as H&#038;M, Zara, and Primark stop sourcing products from Myanmar. This was due to the brutality of its military junta. (Martin Pope\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The pope concluded by leading the 15,000 gathered in Saint Peter\u2019s Square in the Hail Mary prayer for the intentions of Myanmar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">The ferocity of the attack reflects not only animosity toward the minority Catholic population but also the fact that the area is considered a stronghold of the People\u2019s Defense Forces rebels, who oppose the Burmese military junta currently in power.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sister Rita, one the religious sisters who was forced to flee her burning convent, said that she and the other sisters encouraged the local residents to leave their homes. \u201cnot to oppose the soldiers and not to resist, to avoid massacres and brutality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe soldiers want to crush any resistance from the civilians,\u201d She spoke. \u201cThey enter the villages, occupy buildings like schools and churches and camp there. From there, they carry out raids from house to house to flush out the rebels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey stayed in our church for three days and when they left they set fire to the church and our convent,\u201d She continued.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME \u2014 The Burmese army torched a historic Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Mandalay this week and also set fire to a convent of religious sisters. 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