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Myanmar’s government has returned the cathedral in Loikaw to the bishop.

The nation’s military occupied the cathedral complex in 2023 and used it as a military base. Bishop Celso Ba Shwe welcomed the return of the cathedral but said that he would not reside there, instead ministering in camps filled with persons displaced by the Myanmar civil war.

In an interview with Fox News, Vice President JD Vance discussed his journey to the Catholic faith.

The interview aired on June 16, the date of publication of his book Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith.

An unnamed missionary spoke with the Vatican newspaper about the devastation wrought by rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Haut-Uélé province.

“Unidentified rebels, possibly the ADF, are roaming the countryside,” the missionary said. “One of our nurses, Emmanuel, was gunned down behind our convent wall.”

L’Osservatore Romano reported that “missionaries speak about emptied villages, torched homes, and populations forced to flee without knowing when they might return ... In the village of Diforo, rebels attempted to set fire to the local church and killed a catechist’s son.” However, the missionary told the Vatican newspaper that “we are more afraid of the military than the rebels, especially at night.”