December 09, 2017 | 20:54 (GMT+7)
Cao Dai Tay Ninh Church holds congress for 2017-2022 tenure
As many as 1,500 Cao Dai dignitaries nationwide met in the congress for 2017-2022 tenure of the Cao Dai Tay Ninh Church in the Southwestern province of Tay Ninh from December 6-9.
During 2012-2017, the church worked
to bolster internal solidarity and joined hands with relevant authorities to
carry out social and charity activities. It also instructed the followers to
carry out policies of the Party and State during the national renovation and
protection.
Looking forwards the 2017-2022
period, the church will focus on strengthening internal solidarity, working to
connect with external social organizations, participating in charitable and
social activities as well as leading its followers to comply with State
regulations.
At the congress, head of the Government
Committee for Religious Affairs Vu Chien Thang hailed the church’s role in the
past years, saying the church has demonstrated its role in guiding its
followers to have actively joined in local socio-economic and cultural
activities in the locality, making significant contributions to the national
construction progress.
The Vietnamese Government has
persistently ensured belief and religious freedom as well as legal religious
activities of dignities and followers and been determined to eradicate and give
strict punishments to anyone who takes advantage of religions to undermine
national unity and socio-political order, Thang stressed.
Founded in 1926 in Tay Ninh
province, the Cao Dai religion worships the Divine Eye, known as the eye of
heaven and a symbol of supreme of the Cao Dai religion. Cao Dai’s doctrine honors
the Divine and the miraculous quality of supreme spirits, and considers them as
the means for human beings to unify with God.
Source: VNA