Myanmar Bishops on Hope in Midst of Tragedy
(30 May 07 - RV) Pope Benedict XVI today received a group of bishops from Myanmar, who are in Rome for their ad limina visits.
His Excellency, Francis Daw Tang, bishop of Myitkyina, spoke with us about his encounter with the Holy Father…
"Pope Benedict XVI – I am very happy to see him, and wanting to meet [about] the effort of evangelization in our community, and I feel that he has very great interest on that".
The Bishop also talked about the cultural and pastoral challenges facing the young people of his diocese, which is in the north of Burma near the border with China…
"Our young people are active, but because of so many limitations, even though they are graduated, no job opportunities, so many of our young people are going away from the country, from the diocese, so, I feel that we really need to encourage our young people, how to love their culture, how to build up their livelihood there in their own respective diocese or parishes".
The Bishops began their ad limina visits on Monday, May 26th.
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