Ho Chi Minh - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:42:32 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Ho Chi Minh - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Vietnam officials replace cross with Ho Chi Minh https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/08/21/vietnam-officials-replace-cross-with-ho-chi-minh/ Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:30:40 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=31898 Communist officials in the Central Highlands of Vietnam have compelled ethnic villagers to remove the cross, altar, tabernacle and pictures from their chapel, replacing them with two images of Ho Chi Minh, the revolutionary leader who died in 1969. Authorities told parishioners that the building was to be used "for village activities, not for worship". Read more

Vietnam officials replace cross with Ho Chi Minh... Read more]]> Communist officials in the Central Highlands of Vietnam have compelled ethnic villagers to remove the cross, altar, tabernacle and pictures from their chapel, replacing them with two images of Ho Chi Minh, the revolutionary leader who died in 1969.

Authorities told parishioners that the building was to be used "for village activities, not for worship".

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