A Catholic archbishop in Vietnam has termed a recently concluded pilgrimage to a famed Marian shrine as an “event of love, faith, commitment, and service.” The journey to the Marian shrine in Tra Kieu ...

The trip resulted in the Versailles military treaty (Traité de Versailles de 1787) between France and Cochinchina. While the treaty ultimately wasn’t enacted, Bá Đa Lộc managed to create enough French ...