As tens of thousands take to Myanmar's streets, police have fired water cannons to disperse the crowds of demonstrators in Naypyidaw, the country's capital.

The military coup in Myanmar is troubling news for religious minorities, including the country's 4.4 million Christians

Nobel peace laureate and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who currently serves as State Counsellor, is among the elected officials detained, reportedly under house arrest. Soldiers took Suu Kyi into custody along with Myanmar’s president, Win Myint, and other leaders the National League for Democracy party (NLD), who won a landslide victory in elections last November. Official military channels allege election fraud as their reason for seizing power, now in the hands of Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the army’s senior commander, who has declared a one-year state of emergency.

'If, in an official speech, I would have used the word, they would close the door in my face,' he told reporters

However, the Pope did urge respect for 'each ethnic group' in Burma

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The forthcoming papal visit will be an important moment for a country troubled by violence and persecution