Is communism good for Christianity? Recent posts have remarked on the explosion of faith in China and on Hugo Chavez' plans to make the church a partner in his quasi-socialist road plan for Latin America. Today, the AP carries a story about the thaw in relations between the Vatican and Vietnam where, despite being run by the Communist Party since 1975, the country has one of Asia's largest populations of Catholics.
It was the 15th time Vatican representatives have made an annual visit to Vietnam, but this year's meetings drew heightened attention because of the prospect the two sides might establish diplomatic relations.
They announced that possibility in January after Pope Benedict XVI received Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, the highest-level Vietnamese official to visit the Vatican.
UPDATE: All the gory details from Vietnamnet...
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