In Myanmar, Pope Francis Calls for Peace Without Saying ‘Rohingya’
- 6 years ago
In Myanmar, Pope Francis Calls for Peace Without Saying ‘Rohingya’
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said that The future of Myanmar must be peace, a peace based on respect for the dignity
and rights of each member of society, respect for each ethnic group and its identity,
Vatican said that I would like to express my full closeness to them,
Rakhine captured that the sit
Francis said that respect for rule of law and the democratic order "enables each individual and every group — none excluded — to offer its legitimate contribution to the common good." "Rohingya" is a highly polarized term in Myanmar, and the pope’s own advisers had warned him
that using it during his visit could antagonize the military, embolden hard-line Buddhists and even make the situation worse for the Rohingya.
But analysts here said the more important meeting for Francis came on Monday evening, when he met with Senior Gen.
Min Aung Hlaing, who has led the campaign against the Rohingya and essentially sidelined Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi.
Instead she called his speech "tepid" and added: "When even the leader of the Catholic Church doesn’t speak out, it really shows the desperate situation they are in." The decision whether to publicly utter the name Rohingya was perhaps the most difficult diplomatic balancing act of his pontificate,
and it became a dominant narrative of the first papal visit to Myanmar.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said that The future of Myanmar must be peace, a peace based on respect for the dignity
and rights of each member of society, respect for each ethnic group and its identity,
Vatican said that I would like to express my full closeness to them,
Rakhine captured that the sit
Francis said that respect for rule of law and the democratic order "enables each individual and every group — none excluded — to offer its legitimate contribution to the common good." "Rohingya" is a highly polarized term in Myanmar, and the pope’s own advisers had warned him
that using it during his visit could antagonize the military, embolden hard-line Buddhists and even make the situation worse for the Rohingya.
But analysts here said the more important meeting for Francis came on Monday evening, when he met with Senior Gen.
Min Aung Hlaing, who has led the campaign against the Rohingya and essentially sidelined Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi.
Instead she called his speech "tepid" and added: "When even the leader of the Catholic Church doesn’t speak out, it really shows the desperate situation they are in." The decision whether to publicly utter the name Rohingya was perhaps the most difficult diplomatic balancing act of his pontificate,
and it became a dominant narrative of the first papal visit to Myanmar.