Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-09-28

President Tsai Ing-wen has met with a senior cardinal from the Vatican in charge of

President Tsai Ing-wen meets Cardinal Peter Turkson, head of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. (CNA photo)

issues relating to refugees and migrants. That’s as an agency of the Roman Catholic Church prepares to hold its first event in Taiwan.

The 24th World Congress of the Apostleship of the Sea will take place in Kaohsiung in the first week of October. The agency offers pastoral care to seafarers through chaplaincies in ports around the world. Some 50 countries will be represented at the event.

On Thursday, President Tsai met Cardinal Peter Turkson, head of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. The agency has a humanitarian mission and became effective at the start of this year.    [FULL  STORY]