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Vocations to priesthood and consecrated life shine among the darkness marked by Covid

Thirty-four new priests from the diocese of Vinh, who will also be 'fidei donum' missionaries in other territories Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - 78 new priests were ordained, and about 250 men and women religious professed their perpetual vows during the summer of 2021: these vocations are good news... read more
A priest distributes Communion during Mass Aug. 27 at a church in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Credit: CNS photo/Kham, Reuters.)

Vietnam’s healing Masses showcase tension between charisma, authority

Crux Staff, June 17, 2019 Vietnam has become the latest front in one of Catholicism’s longest-running tensions, that between the charismatic and institutional dimensions of the Church, as the country’s Catholic bishops have moved to crack down on the use of popular superstition and... read more