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Closing Mass of Jubilee Year 2010 takes place

The Closing Mass of the Jubilee Year 2010 of the Catholic Church of Vietnam took place on the morning of Jan. 6 at the La Vang parish, Hai Lang district, in the central province of Quang Tri.
The Closing Mass of the Jubilee Year2010 of the Catholic Church of Vietnam took place on the morning of Jan.6 at the La Vang parish, Hai Lang district, in the central provinceof Quang Tri.

The Closing Mass was chaired by Cardinal IvanDias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples andPope Benedict XVI’s Special Envoy.

The Closing Mass includeddelivery of Pope Benedict XVI’s Message and other messages, and a numberof Catholic ceremonials. The event also included a ceremony to placethe first stone to build the La Vang basilica.

The Mass was thefinal activity of the Jubilee Year 2010 of the Catholic Church ofVietnam in combination with the 29th La Vang pilgrim congress at theLa Vang parish.

The three-day event drew thousands of Catholic dignitaries and followers./.

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