At the congress of the Cao Dai Tay Ninh Church. (Photo: VNA) Tay Ninh (VNA) – As many as 1,500 Cao Dai dignitaries nationwidemet in the congress for 2017-2022 tenure of the Cao Dai Tay Ninh Church in the southwesternprovince of Tay Ninh from December 6-9.
During 2012-2017, the church worked to bolster internal solidarity and joinedhands with relevant authorities to carry out social and charity activities. Italso instructed the followers to carry out policies of the Party and Stateduring the national renovation and protection.
Looking forwards the 2017-2022 period, the church will focus on strengtheninginternal solidarity, working to connect with external social organisations, participatingin charitable and social activities as well as leading its followers to complywith State regulations.
At the congress, head of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs VuChien Thang hailed the church’s role in the past years, saying the church hasdemonstrated its role in guiding its followers to have actively joined in localsocio-economic and cultural activities in the locality, making significantcontributions to the national construction progress.
The Vietnamese Government has persistently ensured belief and religious freedomas well as legal religious activities of dignities and followers and beendetermined to eradicate and give strict punishments to anyone who takesadvantage of religions to undermine national unity and socio-political order,Thang stressed.
Founded in 1926 in Tay Ninh province, the Cao Dai religion worships the DivineEye, known as the eye of heaven and a symbol of supreme of the Cao Daireligion. Cao Dai’s doctrine honours the Divine and the miraculous quality ofsupreme spirits, and considers them as the means for human beings to unify withGod.-VNA
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