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Franze
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The faith of catholics in Asia is beautiful and inspiring.
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Wisdom
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The Bush administration has pushed for more religious freedom in Vietnam in exchange for us opening trade with them of course.
It seems to have worked so far this has not been the case in China but it gives hope anyway.
It seems to have worked so far this has not been the case in China but it gives hope anyway.
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SCALCO
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The above comment was at the end of that article. I would tend to agree with him and not take the positive article too seriously.I am a Vietnamese-American born and raised in San Jose and generally keep up with the happenings in Viet Nam. I am also a Vietnamese Catholic. First off, to have anyone speak negatively of the current regime or state of Viet Nam in public is a deathwish for any person in Viet Nam. Therefore, everything said and documented by people in Viet Nam must be positive lest they wanted to risk their well-being. The only accounts I would even consider were those that were anonymous.
Especially, after the communists arrested a priest for being involved in a pro-democracy party as another thread posted. communists = no freedom.
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thegame
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I think we are all happy about the progress in Vietnam.
It is amazing however, how “free media” and “public opposition to government decisions” is still limited in so much of the world (Russia, Venezuela, the Middle East, huge parts of Africa, ETC.)
It will take unity from the world, and leadership from the U.S. to make China join us in this century. Let us pray.
It is amazing however, how “free media” and “public opposition to government decisions” is still limited in so much of the world (Russia, Venezuela, the Middle East, huge parts of Africa, ETC.)
It will take unity from the world, and leadership from the U.S. to make China join us in this century. Let us pray.
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cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=54501
Hanoi, Oct. 31, 2007 (CWNews.com) - A Vietnamese Catholic priest, imprisoned for “spreading propaganda against the socialist state,” is being denied access to the Bible, pens and papers, and wine for celebrating Mass behind bars.
The BosNewsLife service, which provides news of Christian prisoners of conscience, reports that Father Nguyen Van Ly remains in solitary confinement in a prison camp in northern Vietnam. The jailed priest has warned his sister that she should not put his clerical title on packages sent to him, because prison authorities refuse to recognize his priestly status. The reason, he explained, is that the government insists that it “does not imprison the Church’s people.”
Father Ly was sentenced to an 8-year prison term in March 2007, after a court found him guilty of criticizing the Vietnamese government and sending his criticisms to pro-democracy workers abroad.
Pray for the Catholic of Vietnam.Father Ly, who has now spent 14 years in prison, gained international prominence in 2001 with a letter to a US congressional committee in which he detailed human-rights abuses in Vietnam and argued against American approval of a bilateral trade pact.
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RomanCrusader
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Vietnam was best when it was led by the noble Ngo Dinh Diem.
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SCALCO
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Diem was Catholic and anti-Communist (good things) but he did not have wide support in South Vietnam. His government favored Catholics and the Budhist majority were treated less fairly. Seeing that he was unable to unite Vietnam, it seems the U.S. may have supported the coup to overthrow him. Instead, the Vietnamese generals killed him.Vietnam was best when it was led by the noble Ngo Dinh Diem.
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SCALCO
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Freedom does not always choose right.Vietnam was best when it was led by the noble Ngo Dinh Diem.
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MugenOne
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true true
Vietnam was best when it was led by the noble Ngo Dinh Diem.
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