Retired Hanoi Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet has returned to his diocese and now lives in the monastery of Chau Son.
Pope Benedict has accepted the resignation of Hanoi Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet because of illness.
Hanoi Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet will resign later this week, reports from Vietnam indicate.
Placard holding Catholics protested outside Hanoi’s Cathedral of St Joseph Friday as new Coadjutor Archbishop Peter Nguyen Van Nhon was officially installed.
Catholics gathered to pray outside Hanoi’s St Joseph’s Cathedral as the archdiocese accused local authorities of isolating Dong Chiem parish, blocking roads and refusing admittance to outsiders.
Prominent British Catholic Lord Alton has called on Vietnam’s government to get to grips with hardline local officials to stop a “definite deterioration” in religious freedom as news emerged of more protesters beaten by police and democratic campaigners jailed.
A senior official of Ha Noi’s outlying district of My Duc has rejected rumours that parishioners in Dong Chiem Parish had been suppressed for illegally constructing a cross on a mountain peak.
Hanoi archdiocese has condemned local security officials’ removal of a cement cross which stood on top of a hill used as a Catholic cemetery.
Fr John Le Trong Cung, secretary at the archbishop’s house, said 600-1,000 security officials using hand tools destroyed the cement cross at 2 a.m. on Jan. 6, UCA News reports.
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The Emmanuel Choir in Hanoi, Vietnam was formed in 1999 to evangelize and praise God through music and song, states the group’s website.
The group sings for the Sunday 10 am Mass in North Gate (Cua Bac) Church, Hanoi, with 20 choir members.
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