Vietnam's New Cardinal at Mass of Thanksgiving

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, DEC. 9, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Thousands of Vietnamese Catholics celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving here with their new cardinal, Reuters reported.

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Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Mân, 69, today joined a capacity crowd at the French colonial-era Notre Dame Cathedral that was filled with cheers and applause.

Several of the congregants were in wheelchairs and the audience also included U.S. Cardinal Bernard Law from Boston and a deputy head of the Church in South Korea.

«The cardinal position which I have undertaken is the joy of the people of God and of the Vietnam nation,» Cardinal Mân told the Mass in Vietnamese.

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