Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, a symbol of resistance to the communist regime in Vietnam, died in exile in Rome last month. He joins a long line of Vietnamese Christians who have suffered for their faith over the past 300 years.Up until 1975, when the Communists overran South Vietnam, an estimated 130,000 Vietnamese Catholics had died for their faith, of whom 118 have been beatified. An unknown number died since 1975.In the mid-1960s, he visited Australia, and there met Mr B.A. Santam…
