Myanmar: Suffering Brings Tolerance. Where God Weeps - episode #221 Title: Myanmar: Suffering Brings Tolerance Guest: Bishop Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai Host: Mark Riedemann Duration: 24’08” Year: 2010 …More
Myanmar: Suffering Brings Tolerance.
Where God Weeps - episode #221
Title: Myanmar: Suffering Brings Tolerance
Guest: Bishop Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai
Host: Mark Riedemann
Duration: 24’08”
Year: 2010
Copyright: CRTN Catholics in Buddhist-dominated Burma (Myanmar) are small in number - about 1 % of the population - but historically have had a great influence on the country’s development - for example Catholic orders once ran the best schools in Burma. That ended with a coup d’etat in 1962 when the newly installed junta nationalized schools, banned Christian religious education, and deported foreign missionaries. Today Burma (renamed Myanmar) is in the grip of a military regime. Many of Burma's Christians are part of ethnic minorities (northern Chin groups, Lisu, and Karen) who are opposed for ethnic, political, and religious reasons. The minority people are among the most discriminated peoples in Burma. Host Mark Riedemann interviews, Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai, Bishop of Nakhon Sawan …More
Where God Weeps - episode #221
Title: Myanmar: Suffering Brings Tolerance
Guest: Bishop Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai
Host: Mark Riedemann
Duration: 24’08”
Year: 2010
Copyright: CRTN Catholics in Buddhist-dominated Burma (Myanmar) are small in number - about 1 % of the population - but historically have had a great influence on the country’s development - for example Catholic orders once ran the best schools in Burma. That ended with a coup d’etat in 1962 when the newly installed junta nationalized schools, banned Christian religious education, and deported foreign missionaries. Today Burma (renamed Myanmar) is in the grip of a military regime. Many of Burma's Christians are part of ethnic minorities (northern Chin groups, Lisu, and Karen) who are opposed for ethnic, political, and religious reasons. The minority people are among the most discriminated peoples in Burma. Host Mark Riedemann interviews, Joseph Pibul Visitnondachai, Bishop of Nakhon Sawan …More
Excellent presentation.
I read description of the Burmese Catholic Church the history of which is as old as the first European nation came to Asia - the Portuguese. These communities are a few hundred years old, and have not had the benefit of being ministered by Priests and Bishops for years. The situation is similar to the Korean, Chinese and Japanese Catholics who carried on the faith in spite …More
Excellent presentation.
I read description of the Burmese Catholic Church the history of which is as old as the first European nation came to Asia - the Portuguese. These communities are a few hundred years old, and have not had the benefit of being ministered by Priests and Bishops for years. The situation is similar to the Korean, Chinese and Japanese Catholics who carried on the faith in spite of the lack of Priests in some instances for several hundreds of years.
The Asian countries produced countless martyrs for the Cross bravely gone to their deaths refusing to deny Our Lord and Our Lady in the face of extreme persecutions.
As a Thai I understand them, and my heart goes out to them.
I read description of the Burmese Catholic Church the history of which is as old as the first European nation came to Asia - the Portuguese. These communities are a few hundred years old, and have not had the benefit of being ministered by Priests and Bishops for years. The situation is similar to the Korean, Chinese and Japanese Catholics who carried on the faith in spite of the lack of Priests in some instances for several hundreds of years.
The Asian countries produced countless martyrs for the Cross bravely gone to their deaths refusing to deny Our Lord and Our Lady in the face of extreme persecutions.
As a Thai I understand them, and my heart goes out to them.