YANGON: In a cathedral's hush in Myanmar's biggest metropolis, Catholics bow their heads in prayer for Pope Francis — returning the good wishes the ailing faith leader often sends the war-riven nation. "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. "I feel saddened like he is my own father since he has been sick," he said ahead of a Rosary prayer for the Pope attended by dozens on Sunday evening.
The 88-year-old Pope was "resting" on Monday after spending a "quiet night" in hospital, the Vatican said in a bulletin. He has spent the last three weeks suffering a string of respiratory crises, prompting fears the road to recovery for the leader of the world's nearly 1.4 billion Catholics would be long, or might force the elderly pontiff to resign. — AFP
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