Mission & Justice

23/9/08

Communist authorities in Hanoi have threatened to take legal action against the city’s archbishop unless he immediately disbands illegal prayer vigils to demand the return of former church lands, state media reported yesterday. The government campaign against Archbishhop Ngo Quang Kiet escalated over the weekend as state television called into question his patriotism in an apparent attempt to turn public opinion against him. State-controlled newspapers yesterday quoted from a letter to Archbishop Kiet by Hanoi mayor Nguyen The Thao, accusing him of instigating the unrest. “Stop your illegal acts immediately or you will be dealt with according to the law,” Mr Thao wrote. “You have a responsibility to persuade priests and parishioners to abide by the law.”

See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24386689-2703,00.html

Tags: Christianity, Vietnam

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