As fighting between the military junta and resistance forces continues despite the recent earthquake, the regular army bombs the Church of Christ the King in the town of Falam, Chin State. Airstrikes by the regular army have destroyed another Catholic church in Chin, Myanmar’s only Christian-majority state, marking yet another tragic chapter in country’s ongoing civil war between the military junta and resistance forces that continues to severely impact Christians and their places of worship.
The Church of Christ the King in the town of Falam, part of the Diocese of Hakha, was hit on April 8. According to Fides local sources the church’s roof and interior have been devastated, but the building’s walls are still standing. The church had only been recently built with great sacrifice to meet the needs of the local Catholic community of around one thousand faithful. It had been consecrated and opened for worship in November 2023, replacing a small chapel that had existed for 75 years. “There is great sadness now in the community, but also the desire and determination to rebuild,” the source told Fides.