CNA: After 40 years, the first Catholic Church-operated university opened in Vietnam since the advent of communism in the country. “The institute aims to enhance theological knowledge and competence among all priests, religious and laypeople,” Bishop Joseph Dinh Duc Dao, … Continue reading
CNA: While the Stations of the Cross are a worldwide Lenten devotion for Catholics, the faithful in Vietnam have an additional practice that blends ancient traditional chants with Catholic prayer and meditation on the Crucifixion. Read more here.
AsiaNews: The communist authorities of Djak Tô district – Diocese of Kontum, in the province of the same name located in the Central Highlands of Vietnam – are threatening to tear down 22 Catholic chapels and places of prayer, because they … Continue reading
This is an astounding conversion story of a poet, musician and soldier, who was sentenced to life while a prisoner from the time of the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. The grace of God is an awesome gift. … Continue reading
AsiaNews: For the first time in 50 years, Vietnam’s Catholic community was able to celebrate a public Mass in memory of the President of the Republic of Vietnam Jean-Baptiste Ngo Dinh Diem, who was assassinated along with his brother in a … Continue reading
AsiaNews: A group of Catholic human rights activists could get the death penalty. On 6 January, they will go on trial on subversion for violating Article 79 of the Vietnam Criminal Code, “Carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s … Continue reading
UCANews: Government authorities from a district in the Central Highlands last week compelled ethnic villagers to remove Catholic pictures and items from their chapel and replaced them with images of Ho Chi Minh last weekend. Read more here.
Catholic Culture: Thousands of Catholics joined in public demonstrations in the Vinh diocese on July 15, protesting government-sponsored violence against Catholics and the desecration of a church. Read more here with link to AsiaNews.
A group of thugs, with the cooperation of the police, stormed a Christian orphanage in Hanoi, damaging the building and even beating the children who are guests of the center. The thugs seriously injured a priest, who spoke out in … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: Three Catholic priests are candidates for election to the Vietnamese national assembly, the “highest organ of state power” under the nation’s constitution. The candidacy of the three priests has prompted criticism among Vietnamese Catholics, in light of … Continue reading
Catholic Online: In what was clearly a “kangaroo court”, six faithful Catholics, not even allowed to have lawyers, were convicted of causing social disturbance and sentenced by the “People’s Court” of Cam Le district, South Central Vietnam on Oct 27. … Continue reading
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