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Bishop Gervas Rozario of Rajshahi, vice president of the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB), told EWTN News the election appeared to be a fair contest and urged the incoming government to prioritize human rights. \u201cWe only want the new government to respect and promote human rights of all citizens, including minority people of other faiths and cultures, and promote justice and peace [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":83531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-78181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Catholic-bishop-calls-on-Bangladeshs-new-leaders-to-protect-minorities.jpg?fit=4000%2C2256&quality=80&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68839,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/bangladesh-police-arrest-suspect-in-bomb-attacks-on-catholic-sites\/","url_meta":{"origin":78181,"position":0},"title":"Bangladesh police arrest suspect in bomb attacks on Catholic sites","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"11\u6708 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The main gate of Holy Rosary Church in Dhaka, Bangladesh, shows damage after two homemade bomb explosions on Oct. 8, 2025. \/ Credit: Stephan Uttom Rozario Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov 10, 2025 \/ 09:09 am (CNA). 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