Hanoi Against Beatification of Cardinal Van Thuân. Canonisation Process Witness Stopped at Airport

Asia News ^ | 7/12/13

[marshmallow]

Nguyên Hoang Duc, literary critic and former civil servant, blocked at the boarding gate. He was expected in Rome, on official invitation, for the closing ceremony of the diocesan inquiry. A meeting with the Cardinal began his journey of conversion which resulted in his baptism. The Communist Government wants to hinder the process.

Hanoi (AsiaNews/agencies) - Vietnamese authorities have prevented the literary critic Nguyên Hoang Duc, a firsthand witness in the beatification process of the Card. François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân, from getting on the plane bound for Rome. The former official of the Office for Religious Affairs and Public Safety was expected on July 5 in the Vatican for the closing ceremony of the diocesan inquiry, with a view to the beatification of the Vietnamese Cardinal; however, despite the official invitation, he was blocked by public security officials. Among the reasons, Hanoi's opposition to the whole process of beatification.

According to the man's story, recounted on the Vietnamese language edition of Radio Free Asia (RFA), on the evening of 2 July Nguyên Hoang Duc presented himself at Nôi Bai airport in Hanoi. He presented his ticket at the gate of the Thai company, the airline he was to travel with to Italy. However, in response, he was told to present himself at the offices of public security of the airport.

An official told the Vietnamese critic and intellectual that he was "not authorized" to leave the country, without specifying the reasons for the refusal. The agent merely added that he was "following orders". After various talks and discussions, he managed to establish a kind of verbal proceedings, in which the refusal to travel abroad imposed by the authorities was "expressly stated".

Among the reasons for the border police's intervention, is the "disagreement" of the Communist Government with the canonisation of.......

[Tax-chick]

I totally don’t get why the Communists would oppose the canonization of the Martyr-Bishop.

(/s, for the clueless)

[ConorMacNessa]

I may sound venal, bitter, and judgmental, but this atrocity I lay at the feet of Hanoi John Kerry. It was his treason and perfidy that secured the misrule of this godless regime. He is now ensconced as "our" Secretary of State and is a putative Catholic. Let him use his "good offices" to facilitate the passage of this witness.

No, I won't hold my breath. But I will observe that the repressive action of the Viet government itself testifies to the heroicity of Cardinal François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân's virtue!

Any letters of transit available? Capitaine Reynaud, ou etes vous?

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[GirlShortstop]

Servant of God Cardinal François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân's interview (replay, obviously) with Raymond Arroyo the other night on EWTN's "World Over" was enlightening.

[Tax-chick]

There’s also a DVD about him out.

[onedoug]

Paranoia. Primarily in the North, which is the way it’s always been.