ABS-CBN News
Date: Aug 25 2018
By: Michelle Yun, Agence France-Presse
This picture taken on August 10, 2018 shows worshippers attending mass in the Holy Spirit Church in Yanshui, about an hour’s drive from the southern city of Tainan. Sam Yeh, AFP
TAIWAN — With a cross rising from a red pagoda roof and two lion statues guarding the entrance, a Catholic church in southern Taiwan could easily be mistaken for one of the ubiquitous temples dotting the island.
Taiwan embraces freedom of religion and has one of the highest densities of temples in the world, with close to 70 percent of the population believers in Taoism, Buddhism, and Chinese folk traditions.
About 6 percent of Taiwan’s 23.57 million population are Christian, with 300,000 of those Catholic.
There are more than 1,000 churches across the island but the Holy Spirit Church is particularly unique.
Located on a quiet road in the rural town of Yanshui, about an hour’s drive from southern Tainan city, it started life as a simple wooden structure, built by a German missionary more than six decades ago. [FULL STORY]
