Vietnam - Holy See relations see significant progress
WVR/VNA - On March 31, the Vietnam - Holy See Joint Working Group held the 10th-round meeting in the Vatican.
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| The 10th-round meeting of the Vietnam - Holy See Joint Working Group on March 31. (Photo: VNA) |
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and Monsignor Miroslaw Wachowski, Under-Secretary for the Holy See's Relations with States co-chaired the meeting.
In the spirit of friendship, mutual understanding, and mutual respect, the two sides discussed the Vietnam - Holy See relations and issues related to the Vietnam Catholic Church.
Deputy Foreign Minister Hang affirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of respecting and ensuring people’s freedom of belief and religion, and that administrations at all levels have always paid attention to and created favourable conditions for activities of religions, including Catholicism.
She proposed the Holy See pay attention to and guide the Catholic community of Vietnam to stay attached to and stand side by side with the State and people, contribute to the country’s development, and bring into play the fine cultural and ethical values of Catholicism, thereby helping to promote the Vietnam - Holy See ties.
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| Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang (R) and Monsignor Miroslaw Wachowski, Under-Secretary for the Holy See's Relations with States, at the meeting in the Vatican. (Photo: VNA) |
Monsignor Wachowski noted that the Holy See always hopes that the Vietnam Catholic Church operates in line with Vietnam’s law and actively contributes to the country’s development in conformity with the Church’s teachings of “living the gospel amidst the nation” and that “a good Catholic must be a good citizen”.
At the meeting, the two sides shared the view that the relations between Vietnam and the Holy See have recorded much progress in the recent past as seen in the regular meetings and consultations, high-level delegation exchanges, and frequent pastoral visits by Archbishop Marek Zalewski, Non-Resident Pontifical Representative and Special Envoy of the Holy See, to Vietnam.
They also discussed and basically agreed on the working regulations for the Holy See’s Resident Representative and Resident Representative Office in Vietnam.
On this occasion, Deputy Foreign Minister Hang had a meeting with Secretary for the Holy See's Relations with States Archbishop Paul Gallagher.
(Source: VNA)
