
HCM City (VNA) – Archbishop PaulRichard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations of the Vatican, will visit Vietnam from April 9-14 at the invitation of the CatholicBishops' Conference of Vietnam, the office of the conference announced on April3.
Accordingto Chief of the office Archbishop Giuse Dao Nguyen Vu, this will be the first Vatican Secretary for Relations with States-level visit toVietnam. During the visit, Archbishop Gallagher will meet with Prime MinisterPham Minh Chinh, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son,representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Government Committee forReligious Affairs.
He planned to visitthe Hanoi-based National Children's Hospital, which has had medical cooperation with Rome's Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital since 2005.
Archbishop Gallagher will celebrate the Mass at designated cathedrals in Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City; and meet with members of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam before wrapping up thevisit./.