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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

VIETNAM: Beatification process advancing for F.X. Nguyen Van Thuan

Cause moves forward for beatification of Vietnamese prelateRSSFacebookMarch 20, 2012

A Vatican delegation will visit Vietnam next week to collect testimony regarding the cause for beatification of the late Cardinal Francois-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan.

The Vietnamese prelate, who serving 13 years in prison camps in his native land, was president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace from 1998 until his death in 2002. A cause for his beatification was opened in October 2010.

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