Memory Book for Cardinal Paul Joseph Pham Dinh Tung
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Here's a photo of Cardinal Paul Joseph Dinh Tung. Most of the news stories announcing his death after an illness (he's apparently been ill since 2006 but never stopped his ministry) did not tell about his 9 years in solitary confinement.

Posted by: SueW    Mar 03, 2009

Cardinal Paul Joseph Pham Dinh was the one who spent 9 years in solitary confinement a hanoi prison. According to one priest I heard, Pham Dinh went weeks during that time in his windowless cell, without a light on. Somehow his family got bread and wine to him and he celebrated Mass often. "Those Masses I celebrated in solitary" he has said, "were some of the most wonderful Masses of my life" (because there were no distractions. His courage and closeness to God truly amazed me.

Posted by: SueW    Mar 03, 2009