.- Following
a meeting with the Vatican’s representative in Taiwan, Archbishop
Ambrosio Matha, Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Relations, Huang Chih Fang
expressed his confidence that the Holy See “will not abandon Taiwanese
Catholics.”
According to the
Fides news agency, Huang said the Taiwanese government requested the
meeting because of recent statements by the Vatican’s top
foreign-relations official, Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, who said “the
time has come for establishing diplomatic ties with China.”
Speaking to
reporters in Taipei, Huang said the Vatican is studying the
China-Taiwan situation “from the point of view of its concern for
Catholics and not for political considerations.”
Asked about
whether Archbishop Matha guaranteed the maintaining of current
bilateral relations, Huang said, “The Holy see values the rights of
Catholics and religious freedom. It will not abandon the 300,000
Taiwanese Catholics for the 8 million Catholics in China. The
Holy See has clearly said its principal concern is the rights of
Catholics.”
Taiwanese minister: “The Holy See will not abandon Taiwan's Catholics”
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