Under government pressure, Archbishop of Hanoi resigns due t

the Hanoi People's Committee has asked repeatedly for his resignation. The president blames the former archbishop for Catholics protesting the sale of land expropriated from the Church. The chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee accused the bishop of "not respecting or cooperating with authorities to resolve the problem." The land in question was expropriated in the mid-1950s following the arrival of the Communists to power. Now the government wants to sell the land to private parties ...
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