Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-10-15
Taiwan’s Vice President Chen Chien-jen is in the Vatican on a four-day visit… the purpose
Pope Francis met VP Chen at the Vatican (photo by Taiwan’s embassy at the Vatican)
of the trip was to participate in a ceremony on Sunday morning in which Pope Francis declared seven new saints.
The canonization ceremony began on Sunday morning in the Vatican… with large portraits of the seven new saints hanging from the façade of St. Peter’s Basilica, watching out over the square where the ceremony was held.
Some 70,000 faithful from around the world were on hand, including 120 cardinals, 500 bishops and 3,000 priests.
Taiwan’s Vice President Chen Chien-jen and his wife joined dignitaries, including Honduran Vice President Olga Alvarado. [FULL STORY]