New church dedicated to first Laotian martyr

The small Catholic community in Laos rejoiced at the opening of a new church dedicated to the first Laotian martyr of the Hmong ethnic group.

Jan 21, 2022

The Catholic community of Laos at the newly Blessed Paul Thoj Xyooj Church. (Fides photo)


VIENTIANE:
The small Catholic community in Laos rejoiced at the opening of a new church dedicated to the first Laotian martyr of the Hmong ethnic group. The inauguration of the first church dedicated to Blessed Paul Thoj Xyooj, a young catechist killed with Fr Mario Borzaga OMI in 1960, took place in the village of Ban Nam Gnam, district of Thulakhom, in the province of Vientiane. Both were beatified in Vientiane on December 11, 2016 with 15 other martyrs.

The rite of inauguration and consecration of the new church was presided over by Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, Apostolic Vicar in Vientiane, with the participation of numerous priests and the small Laotian Catholic community.

The new building of worship marks a further step forward for the small Church of Laos, which lives in a country with a Communist political nature. On April 29, 2018, the Catholic community welcomed four new priests, in a solemn Eucharist celebrated in the Cathedral of St Louis, in Takhek, in central Laos. -- Fides

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