Congratulatory Welcome to the President Elect Joe Biden Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC)
9 November 2020
We warmly send our prayerful wishes and congratulations to the people of America and the President-Elect Joe Biden. The United States of
America enters into a new phase in their glorious history, affirming democracy and universal good.
President-Elect Joe Biden comes from a long tradition of Catholic faith-based life. His concern for the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor is a refreshing welcome. The world with its poor and its climate challenges look forward to the USA fortifying the global fight against global warming and poverty. With prayerful wishes we welcome him and do hope his tenure will pay greater attention to countries in the margins like Myanmar.
We do hope the USA will play its leadership role in the company of international organizations like the UN. President Elect Joe Biden’s Catholic faith will help him in his long journey of seeking economic and environmental justice for all, the themes that guide the global Catholic Church and the US Catholic Bishops’ Conference. Surely the President Elect will have further chances to engage the Catholic church in building a world of peace and justice.
We join in the welcome address to the President Elect, Joe Biden, by the Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in his prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary to intercede for the U.S., saying, “May she help all of us to work together to fulfill the beautiful vision of America’s missionaries and founders — one nation under God, where the sanctity of every human life is defended and freedom of conscience and religion are guaranteed.”
With Prayers,
+ Charles Cardinal Maung Bo.,
President, Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC).
Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar ( Burma)