The Archbishop of Yangon and the head of the Myanmar bishop in his car was at the time of the dramatic tremor: “We saw a huge huge pits open on the road. People escaped in search of security. It was a moment of fear for everyone. ” Calling for humanitarian aid to reach the population soon and stop continuous hostilities. Near the Pope, “Condolences for People”
Deborara Castillao Lubov – Vatican City
Cardinal Charles Mong Bo, President of Yangon’s Archbishop and President of the Myanmar Episcopal Conference, expresses the media in the Vatican, all their regret for the 7.7 catastrophic earthquake that rocked the Mandalay region, causing more than thousands of victims to destroy.
There are hundreds of hundreds of missing buildings, dozens of roads and bridges that have been severely damaged. Cardinal says that the earthquake is already “the great earthquake in the century.”
An invitation to human help
At the time of the tremor, the cardinal leads from the most affected places of death and destruction.
Cardinal Bo described “the dramatic scenes of men and women running in the streets, looking for security”, and continued to clarify that he had already called “all the parties concerned so that urgent humanitarian aid is provided, and the unproine access to the affected population is permitted and the fire occurs by all groups in hostilities.”
The main concern is the distribution of aid, which, due to violence, “can be hindered by the disturbances of armed groups,” referring to “parts of both sides.”
Church
Reconciliation, dialogue and peace are still “the only solution”, although now the best channel to help in the needy are religious groups and the Catholic Church.
In addition, the Cardinal reported that he activated the “response plan for emergency cases” called MECI (The Myanmar Church initiative for the earthquakeHe called a meeting between church representatives and Cartitas employees from all affected areas.
The national offices of Cáritas and the diocese offices have been activated to interfere in the most affected Mandalay diocese, and be able to respond quickly to needs, in cooperation with local authorities, religious leaders and humanitarian organizations.
In affected areas, communications do not work, and there is no internet and a little electricity.
“People need everything, food, shelter, medications, and all materials needed to save lives,” Cardinal Bo continues, while NGOs give a warning about health emergencies, with hospitals that were already equipped to start, with inappropriate materials, which have now collapsed.
The Pope’s words are “consolation balm”
“More than anything, our people need peace, and not the pain that unleashes everything they suffer from.” For people, “Balsin Conswello”, the words of the Pope who, despite his last illness, “said his proximity to the telegram, as well as” during the past four difficult years, “has always shown his attractiveness” has led to “people continuously corrupted.”
Tears that unite
It is the tears at this time, the ones that unite the population destroyed by the suffering, continues the Cardinal Bo, because “the attacks of nature, and humans forget all their differences, and if we can survive as a kind because we are able to move us with the tears of others in their place, either in Thailand or in Myanmar, they continue.”
On the other hand, the Archbishop of Yangon guarantees near the church to the country:
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