What’s Really Going On in Vietnam Archbishop Ngo Dinh Thuc

The Archbishop of Hué discusses the incident that touched off the religious crisis in South Vietnam: he maintains the issue is political, not religious

I have been, asked by Catholics of Europe, Asia and America, who are grievously troubled by reports of the international news services, why it is that in Vietnam, Catholics are today persecuting their Buddhist brethren. In the face of so much dismay and confusion on the part of well-intentioned people, I believe ittobemy duty as an Archbishop of Vietnam to make a simple presentation of the facts, allowing each person of good will to judge freely who are the persecutors and who the persecuted, who are the calumniators and who the calumniated.

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The Archbishop of Hué discusses the incident that touched off the religious crisis in South Vietnam: he maintains the issue is political, not religious

I have been, asked by Catholics of Europe, Asia and America, who are grievously troubled by reports of the international news services, why it is that in Vietnam, Catholics are today persecuting their Buddhist brethren. In the face of so much dismay and confusion on the part of well-intentioned people, I believe ittobemy duty as an Archbishop of Vietnam to make a simple presentation of the facts, allowing each person of good will to judge freely who are the persecutors and who the persecuted, who are the calumniators and who the calumniated.