Government Religious Committee leader extends congratulation to Catholic newspaper on Press Day
06/16/2020
Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) Vũ Chiến Thắng visited on June 15 the Catholicism and Nation Newspaper in Ho Chi Minh City on occasion of the 95th anniversary of the Vietnam’s Revolutionary Press (June 21).
Editor of the Catholicism and Nation Newspaper Peter Phan Khắc Từ welcomed the GCRA leader.
At the visiting reception, while extending congratulatory greetings to editors the Catholic newspaper on occasion of the Vietnam Press Day, Chairman Vũ Chiến Thắng praised contributions of the Catholic newspaper to the information and communication on the Vietnam Catholic Church and in the world as well as mobilizing of followers to join hands in fight against Covid-19 pandemic.
He also hoped that the Catholic newspaper would actively communicate the Church’s social charities for promoting and spreading love-sharing, as well as together with the GCRA disseminate the Party's guidelines and the State's policies on belief and religion.
For his part, Priest Peter Phan Khắc Từ took the chance to thank the GCRA official for his visit and congratulation to the newspaper and affirmed that the newspaper would continue updating information about activities of the Catholic Church in Vietnam and the world, contributing to promoting social resources for the country development.
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