![]() Diệm's success with the latter group was helped by the fact that his elder brother Ngô Đình Thục was the leading Catholic cleric in Vietnam and had studied with high-ranking priests in Rome.ĭiem was initially strongly backed by Francis Spellman, the Archbishop of New York, who was very anti-communist and close to Pope Pius XII. ![]() Later, the Vatican distanced itself from Diem due to the unpopularity of the Vietnamese leader in his own country.Īccording to Wikipedia, referring to the period 1950 to 1954,ĭiệm spent most of the next four years in the United States and Europe enlisting support, particularly among fellow Catholic politicians in America and Vatican officials. In private, Diem may have initially enjoyed at least some support from the Vatican. ![]() The Vatican's opinion of Diem's regime, in public, seems to have been one of 'no comment' judging by the lack of public statements. ![]()
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