Church Growing in Vietnam, 1500 Seminarians

Agenzia Fides: Fr. Joseph Do Manh Hung, Vice-Rector of the Major Seminary in Ho Chi Minh City: Hope for the Christian faith is based mainly on young people. The Church in Vietnam has a population of 87 million people, it has 7 million members. And young people are the majority. In 7 major seminaries (2 in the north, 2 in the center and 3 in the south) we have over 1,500 seminarians, and this abundance of vocations is a boost of confidence for us. Faith is strengthened, but at the same time, there is the challenge represented by the opening of a market economy, consumerism, by the civilization of image. Read more of the interview here.