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Father Giuse Trần Ngọc Thanh, O.P., was killed in a knife attack on 29 January while hearing confessions, and local authorities have arrested a ...

As Catholics in Pakistan welcomed “Servant of God” status for a man who died a hero, the murders of clergy in Vietnam and Pakistan shocked minority Christians.

A Vietnamese Catholic priest was stabbed to death this weekend while hearing confessions in a church in the diocese of Kon Tum, Vietnam.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (CNS) -- A Dominican priest serving ethnic groups in Vietnams Central Highlands was stabbed to death while he was hearing confession.

A Dominican priest serving ethnic groups in Vietnams Central Highlands villages with few priests, was killed in a church Jan. 29. Local police said they arrested his killer, who is reported to be a drug abuser.

A Vietnamese Dominican priest, Father Joseph Tran Ngoc Thanh, was killed on Saturday, while listening to confessions and celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation in the diocese of Kon Tum. He was 41 years old. The attack took place shortly before the Vigil Mass on Saturday evening.

Agenzia Fides: Organo di informazione delle Pontificie Opere Missionarie dal 1927

Father Joseph Tran Ngoc Thanh dedicated himself to serving ethnic groups in Kontum Diocese

A Vietnamese Catholic priest was stabbed to death this weekend while hearing confessions in a church in the diocese of Kon Tum, Vietnam.