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Pope voices 'solidarity with people of Myanmar'

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/02/07/rally.jpg"/><figcaption>A woman holds up a placard as she takes part in a protest against the military coup and to demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 7, 2021. <em>Reuters/Stringer</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>VATICAN - Pope Francis on Sunday expressed &quot;solidarity with the people of Myanmar&quot; following last week&#x27;s military coup, urging the army to work towards &quot;democratic coexistence&quot; as thousands demonstrate in the streets.</p><p>The pope was speaking as tens of thousands of protesters poured on to the streets of Yangon in the biggest rally yet against Monday&#x27;s military coup.</p><p>&quot;I pray that those in power in the country will work... towards the common good,&quot; he said from the balcony overlooking St Peter&#x27;s Square after his recital of the Angelus prayer Sunday.</p><p>The pope, who visited Myanmar in 2017, called for &quot;social justice, national stability and harmonious democratic coexistence&quot;.</p><p>There have been reports of large protests Sunday against the military regime in several cities across Myanmar.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/07/21/australian-detained-in-myanmar-in-first-known-arrest-of-foreign-national-since-coup">Australian detained in Myanmar in first known arrest of foreign national since coup</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/06/21/myanmar-broadens-social-media-crackdown-as-protests-grow-un-makes-first-contact">Myanmar broadens social media crackdown as protests grow; UN makes first contact</a></li></ul><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rf3014Xs_Jg?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Pope Francis on Sunday expressed "solidarity with the people of Myanmar" following last week's military coup, urging the army to work towards "democratic coexistence" as thousands demonstrate in the streets.<br /> </p>

Pope Francis on Sunday expressed "solidarity with the people of Myanmar" following last week's military coup, urging the army to work towards "democratic coexistence" as thousands demonstrate in the streets.