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Victor Gaetan

Victor Gaetan

Victor Gaetan is a senior correspondent for the National Catholic Register, focusing on international issues. He also writes for Foreign Affairs magazine, The American Spectator and the Washington Examiner. He contributed to Catholic News Service for several years. The Catholic Press Association of North America has given his articles four first place awards, including Individual Excellence, over the last five years. Gaetan received a license (B.A.) in Ottoman and Byzantine Studies from Sorbonne University in Paris, an M.A. from the Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy, and a Ph.D. in Ideology in Literature from Tufts University. His book God’s Diplomats: Pope Francis, Vatican Diplomacy, and America’s Armageddon was published by Rowman & Littlefield in July 2021. Visit his website at VictorGaetan.org.

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President Vo Van Thuong visits Archbishop Joseph Nguyen Nang on Aug. 7, 2023. The president reviewed his meeting with Pope Francis in July 2023 and encouraged the Church in Vietnam to continue its positive contributions to Vietnamese society. Here, the president is shown giving the archbishop a vase depicting Notre Dame Cathedral.

The Fruit Is Ripe: Vatican-Vietnam Diplomatic Relations After 35 Years

ANALYSIS: Building on previous initiatives with Vietnam’s communist regime, Pope Francis’ recent gestures of dialogue have resulted in ‘mutual recognition’ between the two parties.

Victor Gaetan World December 10, 2024

(Clockwise from Left) Father Stephen Huyuh Tru, age 82, a Vietnamese priest of Chinese ethnicity, who was ordained in 1974 and served at a church built in 1900 to serve Chinese Catholics living and working in Saigon. Brother Peter Nguyen Viet Bao, age 32, on right, who took final vows with the Marist Brothers last year, talking to Bishop Emeritus Cosmas Hoang Van Dat (2008-2023) of Bac Ninh diocese in Northern Vietnam. Bishop Cosmas was the first Jesuit bishop in the country's history. Sister Tra is a member of Vietnam's largest religious order for women, Lovers of the Holy Cross. On the left, Nguyen Thanh An, a Vietnamese Jesuit in formation chats with Father Ando Isamu, a Spanish-born Jesuit.

How Vietnam Advances Regional Church Unity in Asia

ANALYSIS: The faith of local Catholic religious is frequently enriched by formational periods in other countries, providing them with a Christian outlook that is both cosmopolitan and humble.

Victor Gaetan World November 20, 2024

Clockwise from left: Our Lady of La Vang is a Vietnamese image of Mary based on a Marian apparition in 1798 when a group of Catholics hid in the jungle to avoid persecution. This statue stands in St. Joseph Cathedral in Hanoi; at a children’s Mass in the Diocese of Bac Ninh’s Queen of the Rosary Cathedral, a priest engages students as part of his homily; on the grounds of the Saigon Archdiocese’s Pastoral Center, a splendid church stands in the shadow of skyscrapers, signifying the city’s dramatic growth. A white fountain with a statue of Pope John Paul II playing with two children stands in front of the church.

Seeing Is Believing: Vietnam’s Exuberant Catholic Church

ANALYSIS: The vitality of the local Catholic community is evident throughout the communist nation.

Victor Gaetan World November 14, 2024

As a young Divine Word priest, in 1986 at age 27, Father Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi was sent to Ghana, where he spent eight years as a parish priest in the bush. He was the first Japanese missionary in Africa.

Tokyo’s Cardinal-Elect Kikuchi Is a Missionary, Manager and Papabile

In the same week, Japan received a new cardinal and the Nobel Peace Prize.

Victor Gaetan World October 15, 2024

Pope Francis attends a meeting with the diplomatic community at the Japan's prime minister's office on November 25, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.

Japan and the Holy See: From Missionaries to Artful Diplomacy

ANALYSIS: Respect has been a defining element of the relationship between Rome and Tokyo.

Victor Gaetan Commentaries August 21, 2024

Pope John Paul I greets a priest in this undated file photo. Born Oct. 17, 1912, in Italy’s northern Veneto region, Albino Luciani was elected Pope Aug. 26, 1978, and took a double name after his two immediate predecessors, St. John XXIII and Bl. Paul VI.

Pope John Paul I’s Legacy Is Rediscovered

ANALYSIS: What made the 34-day papacy of Albino Luciani so special?

Victor Gaetan Commentaries July 10, 2024

Pope John Paul I celebrates Mass in Rome in an undated photo.

Argentinian Priest Tells of John Paul I’s Miraculous Intervention

Candela Giarda, now 23 years old, is studying veterinary medicine.

Victor Gaetan News July 10, 2024

Sophia University, one of the most prestigious Catholic universities in Asia, has 14,000 students today. Pope Pius X directed German Jesuits to establish the university in 1906.

Changing Face of Catholic Church in Japan Amid Nation’s Existential Crisis

ANALYSIS: 4 Things I Learned in 14 Days in Japan

Victor Gaetan World June 12, 2024

Children from roughly ages 6 to 14 assemble before Archbishop Li Shan at Easter Day Mass.

China, Church and State: Easter in Beijing at Three Cathedrals

PHOTO ESSAY: A surreal balance exists between accepting state monitoring and confessing one’s faith without fear.

Victor Gaetan World May 6, 2024

26 Martyrs Museum in Nagasaki, Japan. The towers represent the communication between God and people. The left one symbolizes the prayer of men, the one on the right, the falling grace from heaven, with the red color symbolizing the Holy Spirit. The museum was built 1962 to commemorate the 26 Christians who got executed for preaching Christianity on the Nishizaka hill in 1597.

Nagasaki’s Continuous Martyrdom: From the Hidden Church to the Atomic Bomb

‘After Christ’s example, I forgive my persecutors. I do not hate them. I ask God to have pity on all, and I hope my blood will fall on my fellow men as a fruitful rain.’

Victor Gaetan World May 3, 2024

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