HAKHA (Fides): Airstrikes on April 8 by the ruling junta in Myanmar destroyed the Church of Christ the King in the town of Falam, in the Diocese of Hakha, part of the state of Chin, in the northwest of the country. The roof of the church and its interior are devastated, while the walls of the building are still standing.
The new structure was built with painstaking effort and sacrifice in recent years to meet the needs of the approximately 1,000 faithful in the area and was finally consecrated in November 2023 replacing the small chapel that had existed for 75 years.
The town of Falan has been the subject of nine months of fighting between the army, which controls the town, and the Chinland Defense Force, a local militia that emerged in opposition to the military junta.
