Tag: Vietnam
Maasin diocese takes steps amid Vietnamese priestly ordination stir
Bishop Prescioso Cantillas said they will take all efforts to get to the bottom of the controversy involving Father John Baptist Ho Huu Hoa
South Korean bishop apologizes for Vietnam War atrocities
Apology follows a court order that Seoul compensate the survivor of a mass killing during the conflict
Why Vietnam is celebrating the Year of the Cat, not the...
Streets are decked out with statues of felines and shops are stocked full of cat-themed decorations
Vietnam president resigns amid major anti-graft purge
The sudden departure is a highly unusual move in communist Vietnam, where political changes are normally carefully orchestrated
Priest who escaped Vietnam in 1975 named auxiliary bishop of Atlanta
Bishop-elect Tran, 56, was 9 years old when he and his family left South Vietnam on a barge in Saigon in April 1975
Vietnamese police raid centers of banned religious sect
Police armed with guns and shock batons raided separate locations of the Duong Van Minh religious group
From war to peace: Vietnam’s rubber sandals march on
The Vietnamese first began making rubber sandals in the late 1940s, during the First Indochina War against the French
Vietnam accused of ignoring human rights commitments
The Vietnam Committee on Human Rights tells RFA the government has ignored recommendations made three years ago
Catholics outraged over storming of church during archbishop’s Mass in Vietnam
“It was pretty confronting and really troubling to see the liturgy being stopped by several officials,” said the archbishop of Hanoi
Catholic bishop in Vietnam calls for ‘forgiveness’ following murder of priest
“May hatred and violence be stopped so that love and unity can develop more intensely,” said Bishop Aloisio