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This picture taken on December 14, 2014 shows a worker installing decorations at a local catholic church for Christmas celebrations in Ho Chi Minh city. Vietnam is a Buddhist-dominated country with only about 7 percent of its 90 million inhabitants being Roman Catholics. AFP PHOTO / HOANG DINH NAM (Photo credit should read

Christians Beaten by Police as Part of New Crackdown in Vietnam

As Vietnam prepares to enact new legislation that will seriously curb religious freedom, police have begun cracking down on Christians, especially those most vocal about their faith. In a period of just ten days, police twice assaulted Christian student activist Chu Manh Son and Catholic journalist Tran Minh Nhat, each of whom had previously served prison terms for denouncing Vietnam’s human rights violations.

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Pope Francis: Martyrdom Unites Christians

Pope Francis said that in our times, the shedding of blood for Christ has become a “shared experience” of Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans, Protestants, Evangelicals, and Pentecostals, which is “deeper and stronger” than the differences that still separate Christians.