(OACHIM PHAM. NCReporter).
The Vatican’s foreign minister emphasized Pope Francis’ care for Catholics in Vietnam and the pontiff’s desire for full diplomatic relations with the Communist country, during a first-of-its-kind visit in April.
Archbishop Paul Gallagher, secretary for relations with states at the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, was accompanied by Msgr. John David Putzer for the April 9-14 trip, organized at the invitation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam.