Cardinal head of Caritas says Church giving aid to Myanmar after earthquake

MUMBAI, India – Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi says the Catholic Church in Japan is concerned about the impact of the earthquake in Myanmar.

More than 2,700 people died from Friday’s 7.7 magnitude quake that struck near Mandalay, the second-largest city in Myanmar.

Kikuchi noted the Tokyo Archdiocese, together with Cologne Archdiocese, has been assisting the Church in Myanmar for number of years “and we, in Tokyo, considers the Church in Myanmar as our partner.”

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