ROME, JULY 12, 2012 (Zenit.org).- After the incidents in the Catholic community of Con Cuong, Bishop Paul Nguyen Thai Hop of the diocese of Vinh and president of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Episcopal Conference of Vietnam, gave an interview in Paris to the Eglises d’Asie agency to comment on the incidents and other subjects.
On July 1 what Asia News described as “a group of thugs linked to the Vietnam Patriotic Front,” attacked a group of Catholics gathered in a house of prayer in Con Cuong district – Nghe An province, Vinh Diocese, as they gathered to celebrate Mass on Sunday. It was just the latest in a series of attacks that started last November.
The bishop spoke to the agency July 8.
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