YANGON, Myanmar: Pope meets Suu Kyi on Myanmar refugee crisis amid UN outcry

FILE – In this May 4, 2017, file photo, State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, right, poses with Pope Francis on the occasion of their private audience, at the Vatican. Pope Francis heads to Myanmar and Bangladesh from Nov. 27, 2017 with the international community excoriating Myanmar’s crackdown on Rohingya Muslims as “ethnic cleansing” but his own church resisting the label and defending the country’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, as the only hope for democracy. (L’Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)

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YANGON, Myanmar — Pope Francis begins his first full day in Myanmar traveling to the country’s capital to meet with the civilian leader, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, a day after hosting the military general in charge of the crackdown on the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.
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Pope Francis is greeted by young children in traditional clothing upon his arrival at the Yangon airport on Monday. (AP photos)

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Francis’ speech Tuesday to Suu Kyi, other Myanmar authorities and the diplomatic corps in Naypyitaw is the most anticipated of his visit, given the outcry over the crackdown, which the US and UN have described as a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” to drive out the Rohingya.

Myanmar’s Catholic leaders have stressed that Suu Kyi has no voice to speak out against the military, and have urged support for her efforts to move Myanmar toward a more democratic future that includes all its religious minorities, Christians included.

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Courtesy:  Philstar.com | Updated November 28, 2017 – 10:08am
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