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HCM City leader extends congratulations to new President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen on October 19 extended congratulations to Joseph Nguyen Nang, Archbishop of the city’s Archdiocese, who has been elected as the new President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam in the 2022-2025 tenure.
HCM City leader extends congratulations to new President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference ảnh 1Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen (L) meets Archbishop Joseph Nguyen Nang (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Secretary of the Ho Chi MinhCity Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen on October 19 extended congratulations to JosephNguyen Nang, Archbishop of the city’s Archdiocese, who has been elected asthe new President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam in the2022-2025 tenure.

He said that with the joint efforts of the Catholic community, the city has overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. The community has continued to activelyrespond and make contributions to patriotism movements and campaigns launchedby the Government, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organisations,contributing to completing socio-economic tasks of the city for 2022, he noted.

The city leader expressed his belief and hope that ArchbishopJoseph Nguyen Nang and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam willcontinue to show strong performance in leading the Catholic community topromote the national great solildarity bloc and going along with the city in theprocess of building a civilised, modern and sentimental city as well as thenational defence and construction.

HCM City leader extends congratulations to new President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference ảnh 2(Photo: VNA)
Archbishop Joseph Nguyen Nang thanked the city leader forhis attention, and expressed delight at the socio-economic achievements thatthe city has gained over the years.

He said that the Vietnamese Catholic Church has always beenfaithful to the motto of "living the Gospel in the heart of the nation”, going along with the nation and fostering solidarity of people regardless their religions, thus contributingto building and consolidating the great national solidarity bloc, activelyparticipating in the construction and development of the country.

He said that in the 2022-2027 period, the Church will focuson directing dioceses to increase activities to care for and support the poorand the needy, joining hands with the administrations at all levels to organisesocial welfare activities in localities and boost the country’s prosperity./.
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