The XII Vietnam-Santa Joint Working Group Meeting took place in the Vatican on September 12. According to a joint statementboth parties “maintained a wide exchange of opinions” about the relations between the two states and the situation of the Catholic Church in the Asian country.
The meeting was chaired by Le Thi Thu Hang, Vice Minister of Foreign Relations and Head of the Vietnamese delegation; In addition to Mons. Mirosław Wachowski, Undersecretary for relations with the states and head of the Holy See Delegation.
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He statement on September 13 He points out that both delegations “recognized the positive contributions of the Church to the general development of Vietnam, in the spirit of living the gospel in the world being good Catholics and good citizens.”
The meeting was held “in an atmosphere of friendship, confidence and mutual respect.”
In addition, both the representatives of the Holy See and the Vietnamese delegation were satisfied by the progress of bilateral relations since the last meeting, which took place in Hanói, in May 2024.
These advances were given, according to the statement, thanks to the “dialogue and periodic consultations, the exchanges of delegations at various levels, especially high level, as well as the activities of the papal representative residing in Hanói, Archbishop Marek Zalewski”.
“Both parties stressed the importance of continuing to promote their bilateral relations through high -level exchanges and agreed to continue celebrating periodic meetings of the joint work group,” adds the text.
In addition, on the occasion of the meeting, the Vietnamese delegation was received by Leo XIV and made courtesy visits to the Secretariat of State of the Vatican, led by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the Secretary for relations with the states and international organizations, Archbishop Paul Gallagher.
Andrés Henríquez
I was born in Caracas in 1996. I am a writer for ACI Press and correspondent of EWTN since 2023. Since then, I cover events of the Catholic Church in Venezuela, Latin America and the world. I have more than 6 years of experience in bilingual media. In addition, in Venezuela I have worked from various fields for freedom and respect for fundamental rights in the country. I am a member of the Regnum Christi Federation since 2014.