Tucked into a corner of a modern room in the iconic Redemptorist Monastery hangs a rope that runs up through the floor to a wine bar in the historic bell tower above.

Redemptorists in Vietnam have voiced opposition to renovation work on their former monastery in the capital Hanoi — now a state-run hospital — and called on the communist government to return the ...

An historic Redemptorist monastery in Hanoi, Vietnam, currently used as a public hospital. (Credit: Image courtesy of the Redemptorist community.) Listen MUMBAI – A religious order in Vietnam is ...