AsiaNews: Not only does China want to take 85% of the waters of Southeast Asia, but since 2010 it has been inacting an expansionist program in all developed countries of the continent. This is the opinion of experts in history, … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Vietnam
Sisters in Hanoi Wait as Government Threatens to Demolish Their Convent and Food Kitchen
AsiaNews: The Sisters of Saint Paul in Hanoi are frustrated and without any hope as they wait for the Hanoi government to demolish their home and property any moment now. The same frustration is shared by the diocese that has … Continue reading
Vietnamese Catholic Dies After Being Beaten by Police for Refusing to be Informer
Asia News: Da Nang (AsiaNews) – Nam Nguyen, a Catholic from Con Dau parish, in the Diocese of Da Nang died last Saturday, just hours after being released by police. The man, already in recent months, had been arrested, beaten … Continue reading
Dominicans Growing Large and Strong in Vietnam
CNA reports: In a celebratory event in Saigon on Saturday, Fr. Joseph Ngo Si Dinh announced to thunderous applause that the “number of friars, nuns, sisters, and lay Dominicans in our family in Vietnam has increased substantially and already reached … Continue reading
Vietnamese Government: Arrests, Threats, and Distortion of Truth
HANOI (AsiaNews) – A young Catholic catechumen, author of a blog, was arrested on August 27. Local sources tell AsiaNews that the police are preparing a new series of arrests of people who dare to criticize the distorted way in … Continue reading
Hundreds of Thousands of Catholics Continue Peaceful Protests in Vietnam
Hanoi, Vietnam, Aug 10, 2009 / 08:13 pm (CNA).- Despite a widely circulated threat of an imminent government crackdown, hundreds of thousands of Catholics from the Diocese of Vinh held massive protests on Saturday night. They demanded the immediate release … Continue reading
Vietnamese Police and Thugs Beat Two Priests, One in a Coma
Then they gained entry to the hospital and threw him out a window. He is still alive. CWN reports: Two priests were savagely beaten on July 26 in the northern Vietnamese city of Vinh. One of them– Father Peter Nguyen … Continue reading
Half a Million Vietnamese Catrholics in Public Protest Against Police Violence
Let us hope and pray that the persecution now in force in Vietnam will continue to ignite the Catholic people and win converts from among the Buddhists. Would it not be a glorious triumph of Our Lady if this country, … Continue reading
Louisiana: Joe Cao, a Catholic, is First Vietnamese-American elected to Congress
The Jesuit-educated refugee from communism is perceived as a moderate republican. But he has something wonderfully immoderate to say on the life issue: Aside from one major issue, Republican moderate Joe Cao says he’s open on everything else. “The only … Continue reading
5000 Vietnamese Catholics Hold Vigil in Hanoi
Hanoi, Dec 2, 2008 / 06:33 am (CNA).- In one of the largest protests to be held in Vietnam in decades, more than 5,000 people gathered in a candlelight vigil on Sunday evening at Saigon Redemptorist Monastery to demonstrate support … Continue reading
Communist Attempt to Establish Patriotic Catholic Church in Vietnam Fails
Trying to emulate the schismatic government Church in China, the Vietnamese Reds end up looking like fools. The Catholics in Vietnam are well aware of what happened in China and they were not going to compromise. Hanoi, Nov 25, 2008 … Continue reading
