VIETNAM and CONGO
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2025: Congo
In Congo, Goma & Bukavu cities “ many families in our parishes ask for basic food: rice & beans” Our correspondent is Father Louis, Xavierian Priest, who regularly said Mass at St Joseph’s in the past year
“Since the capture of Kavumo Airport in South Kivu by M23 rebels and Rwandan army, the entire province has plunged into a torpor that revives past wounds. The fall of the city of Bukavu into the hands of the rebel group “M23” and the “Congo River Alliance”, Sunday, February 16, 2025, marks the beginning of a long night of uncertainty and suffering”
2025: Vietnam
Building a Passionist centre: Our correspondent is Fr JB Trinh C.P.
In particularly, 3 priests have been moving out into remote areas of Vietnam to establish a new community in the Diocese of Vinh, central Vietnam.
“We struggle with native people to overcome poverty, ignorance, discrimination, and trauma. We rely on the power of the Cross to help them know how much they are loved, how precious they are in God’s eyes. We see lives transformed every day“
May the Passion of Jesus Christ be always in our hearts!
John Baptist Cong Tue TRINH, CP
