HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese authorities plan to hold talks with a Catholic monastery and church officials to resolve a land dispute that prompted a violent scuffle last month, a provincial government ...

At least 50 gangsters, thugs and local officials have seized some of the monastery's land. Some went inside the cloister, disturbing the monks' prayers and life. "Red capitalists" use violence, ...

HANOI (Reuters) - Catholic clergy in a monastery in Vietnam said they were beaten by people they believed were plain clothes police on Wednesday in an on-going land dispute. Dozens of men arrived at ...

Vietnamese Catholics fondly remembered a recently departed Benedictine abbot for rebuilding church facilities after wars and establishing new communities abroad. Abbot Stephanus Huynh Quang Sanh died ...

Benedictine monks in Thua Thien Hue province of central Vietnam have strongly condemned the authorities and police who stormed a monastery and assaulted them following a long-term land dispute. Some ...

The new abbot of Benedictine monks in central Vietnam is expected to dedicate himself to promoting unity and serving his monks. Abbot Louis Gonzaga Dang Hung Tan was installed on June 21 as abbot of ...