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The Catholic Church in Cambodia.
Bill Burns was a lay missionary who spent the last twenty years of his life in Cambodia working with the Maryknoll community. He died 15 March. Click here to see photos from his funeral mass.
There are two oddities about this photo of the front of the property of what today is known as the Municipality or City Hall. The beautiful old colonial building can be glimpsed through the trees. The first oddity is the display celebrating the ruling political party and the 43rd anniversary of the prime minister. Does that belong on a government property with the city hall for all the people? The second oddity is the fence. Notice the crosses in the fence. Before the Khmer Rouge when the government confiscated all property, the building was the headquarters of the French Missionary Society for Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos). It’s rather obvious to whom the property belonged. Any thought of returning it to the church? Not really….
Today Bishop Olivier blessed a new clinic building erected by the Korean Mission Society. This is a description of the tent set up that is used for such events. Click here for more information.