On the eve of the Assembly that opens in Rome and where two of its own bishops will also be present, the Catholic Church in Vietnam sent a message to the faithful indicating the theme of enhancing the mission of the laity in 2024.
Dunedin diocese joyfully celebrated the ordinations of young Vietnamese seminarians Joseph Long Van Nguyen and John the Baptist Suu Van Nguyen to the priesthood on the feast day of the Nativity of St John the Baptist (June 24) at the St Therese of Lisieux church in Invercargill.