44-year-old priest murdered amid Myanmar civil war

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44-year-old priest murdered amid Myanmar civil war

Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win. / Credit: Courtesy of Archdiocese of Mandalay ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 19, 2025 / 17:20 pm (CNA). Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win, a 44-year-old diocesan priest of the Archdiocese of Mandalay in Myanmar, was ki... [...]

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The story of two parish teachers present at the time of the murder of Fr. Donald Martin Ye Naing Win, in the Sagaing region. Ten militiamen belonging to a local group of the Popular Defense Forces, opponents of the Burmese government, were arrested. They were in an obvious state of alteration from alcohol or drugs when they hit the priest. More than 5 thousand people at the funeral.

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“I only kneel before God”: the last words of Father Martin Ye Naing Win

Archdiocese of Mandalay By Paolo Affatato MANDALAY, Myanmar – When on the evening of Feb 14 a commando of ten armed men arrived at the rectory of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in the village of Kangyi Taw (in the Shwe Bo district of the Sagaing region), Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win, a 44-year-old priest of the Archdiocese of Mandalay, fearlessly confronted the ten militiamen who threatened him. They had first threatened and silenced two…

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Catholic priest murdered in the Kachin area of Myanmar - The Irish Catholic

A Catholic priest was killed in Myanmar on Friday, an incident that “deeply shocked and saddened” Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Myanmar. Fr Donald Martin Ye Naing Win from the Archdiocese of Mandalay in Upper Burma, was killed by a group of armed men on the evening of February 14 in Kangyi Taw village of the Shwebo Township. The 44-year-old was a priest at Our Lady of Lourdes’s Parish and had bee…

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Mandalay Archdiocese mourns Catholic priest killed amid Myanmar conflict

CV NEWS FEED // The faithful of the Archdiocese of Mandalay, Myanmar, are mourning the loss of Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win, who was brutally… The post Mandalay Archdiocese mourns Catholic priest killed amid Myanmar conflict appeared first on CatholicVote org.

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Catholic priest murdered in Myanmar – Stand for Christians

On the morning of February 14, parishioners found the mutilated body of a Catholic priest, Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win. He was the parish priest of the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes, where his body was found. The incident happened in Kan Gyi Taw village, Shwe Bo district, Sagaing region, Myanmar. The circumstances of the murder suggest a planned, targeted attack against Father Donald Martin. The 44-year-old priest was loved by his community