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A breakthrough in Vietnam? Not just yet
The media is focused on a possible breakthrough between China and the Vatican. But there’s another diplomatic agreement on the cards, said Gerard O’Connell at America magazine.
Vietnam and the Holy See may be “close to establishing diplomatic relations”. Six million Vietnamese – out of a population of 91 million – are Catholic, and “the Church enjoys religious freedom, though sometimes problems surface regarding questions of justice, including requests for the return of confiscated church properties.”
