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News Myanmar » Sagaing » Religion: Myanmar military destroys churches, accused violating humanitarian law

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/myanmar-military-destroys-churches-accused-violating-humanitarian-law/ar-AA2fF5QH
Published on: Tuesday 20 October 2026

Myanmar’s military destroyed two churches in the predominantly Christian areas of Chin and Kachin states this month, bombing a Presbyterian church in the town of Mindat and burning a Baptist church ...

News Myanmar » Sagaing » Religion: ASIA/MYANMAR - Churches occupied by the military and Christian Communities struggling amid conflict: the story of a parish priest from Sagaing

News channel or source: https://www.fides.org/en/news/78299
Published on: Thursday 15 October 2026

We hope in God’s grace and pray for our parish.” This is the testimony given to Fides by Father Stephen Sut Awng, parish priest of Katha, a town in the State of Sagaing and within the diocese of ...

News Myanmar » Sagaing » Religion: 10 arrested in killing of Catholic priest: Myanmar’s shadow government

News channel or source: https://www.rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/02/19/myanmar-catholic-priest-stabbed-sagaing/
Published on: Wednesday 19 February 2025

Ten members of a rebel group have been arrested in the stabbing death of a Catholic priest last week in the Myanmar’s northwestern Sagaing region, the country’s government-in-exile said. Father Donald ...

News Myanmar » Sagaing » Religion: Myanmar military strike kills 14 people at a Buddhist monastery, opposition group says

News channel or source: https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/myanmar-strike-sagaing-buddhist-monastery-j94038
Published on: Friday 21 August 2026

BANGKOK — An airstrike on Friday by Myanmar’s military on a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar ’s central Sagaing region killed 14 people who were taking part in a weeklong meditation retreat, an ...

News Myanmar » Sagaing » Religion: Junta Airstrike Hits Wedding in Myanmar’s North, Dozens Feared Dead

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2024/06/junta-airstrike-hits-wedding-in-myanmars-north-dozens-feared-dead/
Published on: Tuesday 04 June 2024

Yesterday, reports began to emerge of another deadly bombing by Myanmar’s air force, this time on a wedding ceremony in Sagaing Region, which may have killed dozens of people including children. A ...

News Myanmar » Sagaing » Religion: Myanmar junta bombs monastery as it blames quake for religious devastation

News channel or source: https://www.rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/04/14/myanmar-junta-earth-quake-religious-building/
Published on: Sunday 13 April 2025

Myanmar’s junta bombed a monastery in the country’s northwest on Saturday, killing five people, including children, just one day before it publicly announced that a recent earthquake had destroyed ...

News Myanmar » Sagaing » Religion: Attack on monastery in Myanmar's Sagaing kills at least 23, witnesses say

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/attack-monastery-myanmars-sagaing-kills-094036125.html
Published on: Thursday 10 July 2025

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Reuters) -At least 23 people have been confirmed dead, including four children, after an attack on a monastery in a village in ...

News Myanmar » Sagaing » Religion: Post-quake response transcends faiths in Myanmar

News channel or source: https://www.ucanews.com/news/post-quake-response-transcends-faiths-in-myanmar/109296
Published on: Wednesday 11 June 2025

Benedette Swe considers herself fortunate to have escaped physical harm when the massive March 28 earthquake struck Myanmar’s central region. However, the 42-year-old Catholic mother of two lost her ...

News Myanmar » Sagaing » Religion: Myanmar military strike kills 14 people at a Buddhist monastery, opposition group says

News channel or source: https://religionnews.com/2026/08/24/myanmar-military-strike-kills-14-people-at-a-buddhist-monastery-opposition-group-says/
Published on: Monday 24 August 2026

BANGKOK (AP) — The attack is the latest in a series of frequent and deadly aerial strikes targeting armed pro-democracy forces and ethnic armed groups in the country. The strikes often cause civilian ...