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A boy in Nam Dinh, Vietnam, cycles in front of a church Dec. 6, 2020. Vietnamese government officials have praised the country s Catholics for their contributions in addressing the coronavirus pandemic. (Credit: Kham/Reuters via CNS.)
High-ranking Vietnamese government officials have praised the country s Catholics for their contributions in addressing the coronavirus pandemic and returned confiscated church buildings as Christmas gifts during visits with church leaders.
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam High-ranking Vietnamese government officials have praised the country’s Catholics for their contributions in addressing the coronavirus pandemic and returned confiscated church buildings as Christmas gifts during visits with church leaders.
Children enjoy the different foods at the Christmas festival in the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City. (Nguyen) Merry Christmas is a greeting used by millions of people all over the world to express their desire for another person to be joyful, and have a wonderful holiday with all their family members.
Besides that, Christmas gives us a chance to show our concern and share good things with the poor, the suffering, disadvantaged children and others.
Every year on the Christmas festival, the Caritas Department of the Sai Gon Archdiocese (also known as the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City) holds a Christmas Day festival for all children at centers located in the archdiocese, including Catholic and non-Catholic children. Most of them are cared for and fed by sisters from different congregations in the archdiocese.
Church s pandemic help, disaster response lauded by Vietnamese leaders A boy in Nam Dinh, Vietnam, cycles in front of a church Dec. 6. Vietnamese government officials have praised the country s Catholics for their contributions in addressing the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Kham, Reuters)
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select A health care worker in Hanoi, Vietnam, wears a protective suit Aug. 10 while other people wait in line to be tested for COVID-19. Vietnamese government officials have praised the country s Catholics for their contributions in addressing the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Kham, Reuters) HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam High-ranking Vietnamese government officials have praised the country s Catholics for their contributions in addressing the coronavirus pandemic and returned confiscated church buildings as Christmas gifts during visits with church leaders.
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Archbishop Joseph Nguyen Nang (right) receives Communist Party chief Nguyen Van Nen at the Archbishop’s House in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 21. (Photo courtesy of tgpsaigon.net)
High-ranking government officials have praised Vietnamese Catholics for their great contributions to the Covid-19 fight and returned some former church properties as Christmas gifts during their festive visits.
On Dec. 22, National Assembly chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, accompanied by central and local officials, offered Christmas and New Year flowers and greetings to Archbishop Joseph Nguyen Chi Linh at the Archbishop’s House in Hue, the capital of Thua Thien Hue province.