taiwan

President's Vatican visit 'unlikely'

Former ambassador to Vatican cites delicate political situation

Taiwanese cardinal to undergo brain surgery

Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi will undergo brain surgery Monday for cancer. Shan was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2006, and it was recently announced that cancerous cells have spread to his brain and lymph nodes.The 89-year-old cardinal will be treated with

Bishops urge people to value life

Pastoral letter to be sent in September to appeal for respect for life

Catholic foundation aids African project

Program helps provide lamps for schoolchildren in tiny continental ally

Parishioners take on redevelopment company

Church-owned land taken for development

Cyclist starts world tour

Catholic retiree Albert Chen departed to Hong Kong yesterday to begin a solo cycling pilgrimage around the world. The 62-year-old retired teacher will spend 68 days in Hong Kong, Macau and 14 provinces and regions in mainland China. Before his departure

Chinese theology students head for island

Titles conferred by theology faculty will be recognized locally

Catholic leaders boycott nuclear protest

Thousands on three marches mark first anniversary of quake disaster in Japan

Ethnic Taiwanese say dumped nuclear waste is killing them

Taiwan's aboriginal Tao people have evidence that nuclear waste has been carelessly dumped on their picturesque island, causing fatal contamination.

Retiree set for world pilgrimage on bike

Intrepid traveller hopes to visit churches in at least 54 countries

Tainan unveils new statue of Ricci

Two of three statues commissioned from an Italian artist were unveiled on the weekend by Italian Bishop Claudio Giuliodori of Macareta and Bishop Bosco Lin of Tainan at the Assumption Church in Tainan. Sculptures of missionary Father Matteo Ricci and Xu

Italian Bishop praises Ricci legacy

Jesuit pioneer helped forge ongoing east-west links, Macerata prelate says

University president assumes office

Doctor Vincent Chiang Han-sun says he wants to make FJU more international
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