Vatican City, Oct 23, 2023 / 12:11 pm
Myanmar’s Cardinal Charles Maung Bo described the Synod of Synodality as “a long march of hope for all humanity” during a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday.
The cardinal, who serves as the president of the federation of Asian bishops’ conferences, said that many Catholics across Asia are enduring the painful reality of the “Way of the Cross.”
“We pray that the Catholic Church, under the leadership of Pope Francis, will bring the entire human family into the long march of healing our world and our planet, ultimately leading us to a new heaven and a new earth,” Bo said in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 23.
As the archbishop of Yangon, Bo has been a leading voice in the Catholic Church in Myanmar for more than two decades, speaking out for human rights after the military coup in 2021.