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Vietnam’s First Catholic University Could be Built Within a Year
UCA News ^ | 7/14/14 | Paola Affatato

Posted on 07/14/2014 12:05:11 PM PDT by marshmallow

Vietnam’s first Catholic university is no longer a mirage. It is very soon going to become a reality, in fact according to Paul Bui Van Doc, Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City, the structure could be ready within a year. It is going to mark a crucial turning point in the history of the Vietnamese Catholic Church, the sign of an eagerly awaited return to the freedom of education, which the communist government has denied the people for 60 years.

The Archbishop of former Saigon, proudly explained to Vatican Insider that “the dialogic approach adopted with the government is producing results.” As bilateral relations gradually relax, he said, bishops have pointed out that more and more universities and private campuses run by foreign Asian, Australian and European entities and universities have been popping up over the past decade

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1 posted on 07/14/2014 12:05:11 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Hopefully it will be NOTHING like ‘Catholic’ universities here in America.


2 posted on 07/14/2014 12:08:49 PM PDT by Viennacon (Rebuke the Repuke!)
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To: marshmallow

Maybe the Catholics can do for Vietnam what they done for Honduras.


3 posted on 07/14/2014 12:39:02 PM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: Dr. Thorne
Honduras is only about 45% Catholic, nearly 40% Evangelical Protestant. What have the Protestants "done" for Honduras, anything?

Quite a few of these Hondurans pouring into the US are trying to reach their church-planted, snake-handling, freak-cult perceived faith home that comprises a certain strident segment of Protestant America.

I sure hope you don't get scabies rubbing shoulders with them.

4 posted on 07/14/2014 7:30:27 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor, Lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

Ouch. That’s gonna leave a mark.


5 posted on 07/14/2014 8:07:39 PM PDT by vladimir998
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