Ca Mau, July 2 -- A beatification mass for Francis Xavier Truong Buu Diep took place at Tac Say Church in Phong Thanh commune in the southernmost province of Ca Mau on July 2.

Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Section for First Evangelisation and New Particular Churches of the Dicastery for Evangelisation and Special Envoy of Pope Leo XIV, presided over the ceremony and read the Apostolic Letter in which the Pope formally declared Truong Buu Diep blessed.

A newly-unveiled portrait of Blessed Truong Buu Diep was then carried in procession and displayed before a crowd of tens of thousands of followers.

According to the Diocese of Can Tho, the beatification marks a historic milestone, making Francis Xavier Truong Buu Diep...