Myanmar’s Catholics pray for the health of Pope Francis at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon Myanmar’s Catholic Rector Francis Than Htun prays with other faitfuls for the health of Pope Francis ...

"Among popes he was the most outspoken on Myanmar," said 44-year-old nun Sister Lucy, one of hundreds packed into Yangon's St Mary's Cathedral as night fell.

"He takes care of those despondent and weak. So he always remembers and prays for Myanmar," said Francis Than Htun, the ...

As Catholics filed into Myanmar's grandest cathedral to mourn Pope Francis on Tuesday, a wartime power cut plunged the worship hall into a murky gloom.

"He takes care of those despondent and weak. So he always remembers and prays for Myanmar," said Francis Than Htun, the rector of St. Mary's Cathedral and auxiliary bishop of Yangon archdiocese.