They are also prohibited from building new churches. The country has an estimated at 53.5 million people (in 2019) and 87.9 percent of them are Buddhists. Of the 6.2 percent Christians, Catholics are ...

By Lisa Zengarini As the Church begins the Jubilee of Hope, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, the President of the Catholic Bishops’ ...

Yangon Region, Mandalay Region, Sagaing Region and Magway Region). Most of the camps, at least 100, were set up at Buddhist places of worship, seven at churches and three at mosques. Some have ...