The Vatican’s top diplomat has begun a six-day visit to Vietnam as part of ongoing efforts to normalize relations between the two sides.
FILE - Vatican Secretary of State Paul Richard Gallagher speaks during a press conference to present a document on the 5th anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato si” calling on the world to act to stop the human destruction of the planet, at the Vatican’s press room, on June 18, 2020. The Vatican’s top diplomat began a six-day visit to Vietnam on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, as part of ongoing efforts to normalize relations between the two sides.
Gallagher will also hold Mass in Hanoi, in Hue in central Vietnam and in the financial hub of Ho Chi Minh City in the south. Vietnam described that appointment as a “historic moment,” underscoring a stronger relationship that could have implications in the future for the Holy See’s ties with China. The Vatican’s relationship with Vietnam has long been seen as a model for its relations with China. Beijing severed diplomatic ties with the Vatican in 1951 after the communists rose to power and expelled foreign priests.
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