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Bishop Tuan installed as apostolic administrator in Vietnam
Some 8,000 attend ceremony at Van Hanh Cathedral as prelate pledges to focus on family life
Updated: May 01, 2021 06:12 AM GMT
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Bishop Paul Nguyen Thai Hop (left) greets Bishop Louis Nguyen Anh Tuan at Ha Tinh Bishop’s House on April 27. (Photo courtesy of giaophanhatinh.org)
The new apostolic administrator of Vietnam’s youngest diocese plans to focus on family ministry to develop the local Church.
On April 29, Bishop Louis Nguyen Anh Tuan was installed as apostolic administrator of Ha Tinh Diocese at Van Hanh Cathedral in Ha Tinh City in central Vietnam.
Vietnam Catholics urged to live Lent spirit during pandemic
Prelates call on faithful to care for those who are suffering, abandoned and threatened by Covid-19
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Vicar general Father Anthony Nguyen Van Thang places ash on the heads of the faithful at Hanoi Cathedral on Ash Wednesday on Feb. 17. (Photo: tonggiaophanhanoi.org)
Bishops in Vietnam have called on Catholics to follow Lent practices to bring solidarity and peace to people during the Covid-19 pandemic and care for the creation.
Bishop Cosme Hoang Van Dat of Bac Ninh said Christians enter Lent a period of 40 days from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday with growing concern about the coronavirus pandemic, which threatens human life and has caused economic decline and social disorder.