{"id":796,"date":"2008-09-22T12:08:56","date_gmt":"2008-09-22T12:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2008\/09\/a-reader-notes.html"},"modified":"2008-09-22T12:08:56","modified_gmt":"2008-09-22T12:08:56","slug":"a-reader-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2008\/09\/a-reader-notes.html","title":{"rendered":"A reader notes.."},"content":{"rendered":"

That according to the caption of the photo here, the new Prime Minister of Japan is a Catholic.<\/a>
\nIn other news coming from Asia, the situation for the Church in VIetnam is not getting any better:<\/a><\/p>\n

Goon squads went into action last night in Hanoi. About a hundred thugs raided the prayer vigil held by Thai Ha faithful under the indifferent eye of some 500 police agents\u2014they destroyed a chapel, sullied a statue of Our Lady with motor oil and proffered threats against the people who were praying. <\/span>The same thing had happened at night on Friday when another bunch of thugs attacked the faithful, ransacked St Gerard chapel and an outdoor altar, destroying statues and images despite a police presence.<\/span>
\n\u201cThe attackers were shouting slogans, calling for the murder of the archbishops and Thai Ha superior, Fr Matthew Vu Khoi Phung,\u201d said the Redemptorists.<\/span>
\nYesterday the chairman of Hanoi\u2019s People\u2019s Committee Nguyen The Thao threatened to \u201cseverely punish\u201d the archbishop of Hanoi, Mgr Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet, and all those like him for \u201cstirring up the population, launching false accusations against the government, mocking the law and dividing the nation.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\nThao was particularly enraged by the protest letter the archbishop sent to Vietnam\u2019s President Nguyen Minh Triet, its prime minister and the head of the religious Affairs Commission in which he \u201cmade false accusations against the city government\u201d according to which the latter had violated the law. Chairman Thao accused the archbishop of challenging the state with claims that Catholics \u201chad a right to use very means to protect our property.\u201d Making matters worse, the <\/span>used loud speaker to read the letter.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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