Tag: United Nations
Myanmar bishop seeks prayers for peace as UN decries violence
YANGON (UCAN): Bishop Celso Ba Shwe of Loikaw, which encompasses Myanmar’s Kayah state, asked Catholics…
Pope asks for prayers as dozens of schoolchildren massacred in Uganda
KASESE (OSV News): Just before midnight on June 16, Ugandan schoolchildren between the ages of…
‘Wars are not just,’ pope tells UN Security Council
VATICAN (CNS): “The time has come to say an emphatic ‘no’ to war” and state…
Catholics join calls at UN conference for clean water
UNITED NATIONS (OSV News): Idalina Roia Alfai is normally busy at overseeing water, sanitation and…
As UN hears reports on Myanmar, thousands flee homes
LOIKAW (UCAN): Thousands of villagers have fled their homes as the military in Myanmar escalated…
