Myanmar Catholics mourn pope who remembered their plight

The pontiff was among the few voices in the world to constantly remember this Southeast Asian country torn apart by a conflict that has now lasted for more than four years. In 2017, at a time of great political and economic openness, Francis had also visited Myanmar, bringing hope to the faithful of every religion. In Yangon yesterday a Mass in the cathedral to commemorate him.

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Myanmar Catholics mourn pope who remembered their plight

As Catholics filed into Myanmar's grandest cathedral to mourn Pope Francis on Tuesday, a wartime power cut plunged the worship hall into a murky gloom.