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Amid Israel’s Invasion of Gaza, Pope Receives in Audience the King of Neighbouring Jordan

Stressed on the social networks’ accounts of the Kingdom was that the King assured the Pope that Jordan will continue to carry out its religious and historical role in safeguarding the holy sites in Jerusalem. The King talked with the Pontiff about the necessity to halt Jewish settlers’ attacks against Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank, warning about the consequences of the continuous Israeli violations of holy sites in Jerusalem.

The Holy See and Vietnam at a turning point that comes from afar

Archbishop Gallagher’s meetings in Hanoi brought to the fore the unique relationship between Vietnam’s Catholicism and the country’s rulers, a topic revisited a few weeks ago in Paris in an interesting conference by Prof Claire Tran at the headquarters of the MÉP. It all started with the “instructions” given by Pope Alexander VII in 1659 to the first apostolic vicar Pierre Lambert de la Motte.