Mass remembers Cardinal Thuan

The
Catholic Weekly
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Sydney
4 April 2004

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Mass remembers Cardinal Thuan

Australian bishops have celebrated a Mass in Rome in honour of Vietnamese Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, one of the most inspiring Church figures of the 20th Century.

Cardinal Thuan, who died in 2002, spent 13 years in prison under the Vietnamese Communist regime, nine years of that in solitary confinement.

While in prison he countered the terrible conditions and isolation with a gentle but powerful spirituality of hope, founded in the message of love of Jesus Christ.

The Church in Australia has a special link with Cardinal Thuan, whose 102-year-old mother Elizabeth, sister Anne Nguyen Thi Ham-Tieu and family live in Sydney.

Bishop Peter Ingham of Wollongong was principal celebrant of the Mass, which was concelebrated by Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop Francis Carroll, Archbishop Philip Wilson, Bishop Pat Dougherty and Bishop Hilton Deakin.

A small group of Vietnamese priests and religious also attended.

Cardinal Thuan is buried in Rome.