Pau Lian Cin

Unsolved problems: association between Western culture and imperialism; the growing division among ethnic minorities (converted) and Buddhists Bamar; Christianity seen as a foreign religion. John Paul II’s guidelines on mission, to a Church source of reconciliation. The analysis of a Burmese priest and scholar (Part II).

The Church has celebrated its first 500 years, but Christians are a minority: 5 per cent of the population. Prejudices against a religion seen as "foreign" remain, as do unresolved problems left over from colonial days. This requires a look at past mistakes, as well as a rethink of the mission and the proclamation of the Gospel. Here is the first part of the analysis by a Burmese priest and scholar.