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HUE, Vietnam (UCAN) – Little Maria Ho Thi Thien An, now four, was saved by her father from being buried alive with her dead mother when she was just seven days old.
Thien An (God’s grace) now lives happily at a center for orphans and poor children run by the Daughters of Our Lady Immaculate nuns in [...]
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Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan 22, 2010 / 02:16 am (CNA).- The Archdiocese of Hanoi has condemned local government attacks against Catholics at Dong Chiem parish, including the “savage” and “brutal” beating of a Redemptorist brother by police.
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A Vietnamese man violently forced to recant his fledgling Christian faith faces pressure from authorities and clansmen to prove his return to traditional Hmong belief by sacrificing to ancestors next month.
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Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan 19, 2010 / 03:59 am (CNA).- Following reports that it destroyed a crucifix and brutalized parishioners, the Vietnamese government has blocked various Catholic news sites from its citizens and claimed that it dismantled the crucifix, rather than blowing it up.
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A Vietnamese man violently forced to recant his fledgling Christian faith faces pressure from authorities and clansmen to prove his return to traditional Hmong belief by sacrificing to ancestors next month.
Documentation of forced recantations in northwest Vietnam indicates authorities are contravening Vietnam’s 2004/2005 public religion policy.
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Hanoi, Vietnam – Dong Chiem is practically under siege, with checkpoints on roads and bridges, set up by new contingents of police who are flowing into the area. This is the response of local authorities to peaceful protests of thousands of Catholics against the blowing up of the cross that stood on the hill, a site that for over a century has belonged to the parish in the town near Hanoi .
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Vincent Nguyen’s journey 26 years ago from Vietnam to Canada culminated on Wednesday in the pomp and splendour of his ordination as a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
More than 1,000 people crammed the pews of St. Michael’s Cathedral to see 43-year-old Fr. Nguyen become Bishop Nguyen in a ceremony that connects back to St. Peter, the first bishop of Rome.
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Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan 8, 2010 / 08:06 pm (CNA).- The Archdiocese of Hanoi has condemned a recent police attack on Catholic parishioners and the destruction of a cemetery crucifix by the city police as a “sacrilege.”
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Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan 7, 2010 / 02:09 am (CNA).- The Archdiocese of Hanoi has condemned an early Wednesday morning attack on Catholics by city police involved in the destruction of a crucifix in a parish cemetery. Pictures of the bloody clash show several people injured.
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Compass Direct News has reported that for the second time in 10 days, Protestant history was made in Vietnam yesterday (Sunday, December 20, 2009) when 12,000 people gathered for a Christmas rally in the Vietnamese capital…
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History was made in communist Vietnam Friday evening. Christian sources reported that some 40,000 people gathered in a hastily constructed venue in Ho Chi Minh City to worship God, celebrate Christmas, and hear a gospel message – an event of unprecedented magnitude in Vietnam.
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AP – The Vatican called a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the president of Vietnam on Friday “a significant stage” in efforts for closer ties between the communist country and the Holy See.
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The head of Vietnam’s Catholic bishops says the Church is continuing to urge the government to return a former Jesuit-run seminary that authorities confiscated in 1980. (more…)
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The scraggly guy stood at Ed Dobson’s door, asking for money. He said he was a Vietnam vet and needed bus fare for a medical appointment in Lansing, Mich. Problem: It was the same story the same guy told three months earlier, when Dobson gave him $15. Dobson figured he probably blew that on booze and would do so again.
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The Holy Father has sent a message to Vietnamese Catholics who recently opened their Jubilee Year marking the 350th anniversary of Catholic vicariates in the country. In the text, made public today, the Pope encouraged evangelization and the promotion of reconciliation, reports Catholic News Agency.
In his letter, addressed to the Vietnamese bishop’s conference, the Pope remarked that the opening of the year coincided with the feast of the 117 Vietnamese martyrs. He expressed hope that thei… >>
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An estimated 120,000 Catholics participated in the opening ceremony of Vietnam’s Holy Jubilee year marking the 350th anniversary of Catholic vicariates in the country, reports Catholic News Agency. However, the celebrations were marred by news of the resignation of the Archbishop of Hanoi, which some believe to be a result of government pressure. On Monday evening four cardinals, 30 Vietnamese bishops from all 26 dioceses and 1200 priests gathered with an estimated 120,000 lay faithful from no… >>
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According to the paper, the Vietnam vet, who is to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, never fully regained his health.
And who is the drunken driver who so broke this man’s body? None other than Music City Church pastor and Trinity Broadcasting Network contributor Steve Galiher. According to the report, on April 26 Galiher was speeding “at least over 85 miles per hour in his company-owned BMW…when he smashed into a car, causing it to overturn twice.”
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Priestly vocations have soared almost 50 percent in five years in Vietnam amid a relaxation of seminary enrollment rules by the government. (more…)
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A 33-year-old preacher’s kid from Atlanta recently raised $30,000 in 18 hours to build a kindergarten in Vietnam. It was his first shot at fundraising but even more surprising is the fact that the money was raised through his blog.
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Recently, the Vietnam government granted the Assemblies of God of Vietnam an official permit to operate. Among other things, the approval opens doors of opportunity to help believers in Vietnam construct their own church buildings.