If rumor is true, thanks and praise for Vietnam

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02/01/2008 15:44
VIETNAM – VATICAN

Out of “respect for the Pope’ the government yields the former nunciature to Hanoi Catholics.

The still unofficial report comes a day after Cardinal Bertone writes a letter to the capital’s archbishop who met again local authorities over the matter. Prayer “protests” had been going since before Christmas.

Hanoi (AsiaNews) – The request made by Hanoi Catholics for the return of the building that once housed the Apostolic Delegation seems to have been answered. Church sources in Vietnam told AsiaNews that the authorities have decided to allow Catholics to use the building “to show their good will and respect for the Pope.” The same sources said that the whole issue should be solved “within days,” perhaps before Tết, the Vietnamese New Year, which falls on 6 February.
If officially confirmed, the denouement of the matter comes after Vatican Secretary of State Card Tarcisio Bertone wrote a letter to Mgr Ngô Quang Kiệt, archbishop of Hanoi, who held another meeting with Communist authorities.