austraLasia #3520

4 January 2015

A New Cardinal for Myanmar (MYM)

VATICAN: January 4, 2015 – During today's mid-day Angelus prayers in St Peter's Square, Pope Francis announced that there will be 15 new cardinals electors (and another 5 new cardinals -beyond the voting age) who will formally be installed at a ceremony called a consistory on Feb. 14, 2015. Two of the new Cardinal Electors are Salesians. One from Venezuela: Archbishop Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet and the other from our own EAO Region: Archbishop Charles Maung Bo from Myanmar.

He will be the first Cardinal of Myanmar; and it seems to be an appropriate time to have the honor of having a resident Cardinal in Myanmar, especially after they celebrated the Jubilee for the Catholic Church's 500th year presence in this nation, last November 22-23, 2014.

 The pictures are taken from the Archdiocesan files.

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