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1. And still our secular press in Australia pretends that these atrocities and persecutions are not happening in our own backyard in a country in which many thousands of Australians have cultural ties, relatives and friends. Apparently if you're "only" a Catholic, the fact that you're getting beaten by Government thugs is not considered newsworthy. Thank you CathNews and the other Catholic press for letting us know about them.

   Posted By: Peter G

2. Peter G this news has been on CatNews since Thursday and you are the only one whose comment has been entered. Mine was not so while I am re-presenting it after I send this it might be that Vietnamese Catholics are too hot a subject given all their activity within the archdiocese.Edward J.

   Posted By: Edward J

3. This story must concern all Catholics throughout the free world. The leaders of all Christianity and the free world must protest in the strongest form as such activity is occurring in a number of countries. In making this statement the Bishops of Vietnam must seek mediation and open discussion with the leaders of their country to reduce concerns their government may have and the politics creating this unrest. The politics of Christianity is no different from the principles of communism. The Catholic Church is not a democracy. The Vietnamese Catholic Community as governed by the Vietnamese Chaplains here in Sydney expresses this very fact. The establishment of the all Vietnamese advisory committee to the Arch Bishop of Sydney with the Bishop’s Blessing in overruling a decision of a parish priest in the parish’s attempt to unify the parish is not only undemocratic but a real abuse of the good will of the host parish. Any organisation that controls people's thinking is a course for concern. If such action is part of Vietnamese culture, Vietnam has a real problem. Edward J.

   Posted By: edward J

4. Dear Edward, atheistic Communism is the problem, not Vietnamese culture. After the early persecutions, the Church flourished more or less peacefully in Vietnam for centuries until the Japanese, and then the Communists violently took over.

   Posted By: Peter G

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