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1999
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Number 36
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nside
in
Western North Carolina
in
the Diocese of Charlotte
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Tornado-struck town
Catholics
in
rebuilds with bricks of faith
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Vietnam empathize with Yugoslavs
Restored "Last Supper" to
be unveiled
month
this
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(CNS)
MINH
CITY, Vietnam
In Vietnam, the target of
bombing by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War, Catholics empathize
NATO
fly-fishing,
air strikes in with victims of Yugoslavia. "The conscience of the world is being tortured by today's most sophisticated weapons," Pierre Nguyen Thanh Long, deputy editor of the
tying lures
Catholic weekly Cong Giao Va Dan Toe (Catholicism and Nation), wrote
Mercy Sister has love of
16
...Page
May
14-20 issue. an Asian church news agency based in Thailand, reported the editor's and several readers' opinions about the crisis in the Balkan region, in the
UCA News,
where
News
Local
NATO
has conducted air Yugoslavia to stop
strikes against
what
it
calls the "ethnic cleansing"
ethnic Albanians in the
Parish center
named
in
Kosovo
of
region.
The
situation has created hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally
displaced people.
Le Chinh, a Catholic layman in Phu Nhuan district, argued that "the Kosovo crisis is basically a religious
pastor's
honor
and ethnic conflict, and such conflicts have happened in many places around
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The point is that it is not necessary for the U.S. and to intervene in this conflict. "This has set a precedent for the the world.
NATO
U.S. and
Every Week
NATO
to interfere in the in-
any other country
in
own brutal way," he added. Kim Anh, a Catholic laywoman
of
ternal affairs of their
Editorials
& Columns
Gia Dinh Parish
4-5
...Pages
in
district,
said she did not understand the causes of
NATO
war between and Yugoslabut said she feels sad "to see scenes of destruction shown by the mass media." "Should the ongoing war be waged to defend justice? It has no reason to be justified at all. are witnessing a the
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We
"Our faith is
is
something of joy.
something
beautiful.
together by us,
it
is
It
Not put
the eternal
Father who loved the world so
much that He sent ...The son of
human and
His only son
God took on
nature, for love of us for our salvation."
— Cardinal
Francis Arinze
man-made calamity
as countless innocent civilians are being killed because of the bombings," she added.
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tional television.
"On the one hand, humanitarian organizations are trying to come to the rescue of victims of air strikes. the other hand, people keep
On
waging
all-out destruction against a sovereign
texts to cover up their ambitions.
internal affairs are
sources, including the British Broadcast-
wish the international community would come up with a peaceful solution to the war in Yugoslavia soon," he said. Tran Thi Hau, a 78-year-old Catholic woman from Tu Dinh parish in Go Vap district, said she does not know "where Yugoslavia or NATO are on the map." As an elderly woman, she said, she
clear that the U.S.
ing Corp., Cable
News Network and
Russian, Chinese and other programs.
Dang Ngoc Ha of An Lac Parish in Tan Binh district said, "I feel terribly sad at watching scenes of great damage caused by the war in Yugoslavia as they are shown every night on na-
Ha said, adding that "there people who use all kinds of pre-
are
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cannot help the homeless or the traumatized children. "The only thing I can do is recite the rosary every day and pray that the war in Yugoslavia will come to an
Viewers can follow the Kosovo crisis from different angles as central and provincial television in Vietnam produce world news programs using several
country,"
pages
end," she added.
Doan Cong Nhon from District 3 do not know what Yugoslavia's
said, "I
all
about, but
and
committing inhuman acts
NATO in the
it
is
are
name
of humanitarian issues."
Vietnam was among the first NATO bomb-
countries to protest the ings of Yugoslavia, and
many
sections
of the population have publicly protested in the national mass media.