Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/02
By: Tang Pei-chun and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, Sept. 2 (CNA) Vice President Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) will depart late Friday on a trip to the
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Vatican to attend the canonization ceremony of Mother Teresa, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said.
On the visit that will last until Sept. 8, Chen will serve as President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) special envoy to the ceremony on Sept. 4, at which Pope Francis will declare Blessed Teresa of Kolkata a saint.
In a statement released Friday, the MOFA described as “significant” the visit by Chen, a devout Christian and a member of two Roman Catholic orders — the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
The statement said the Republic of China shares the values of religious freedom, democracy and human rights and support for humanitarian relief with the Vatican. During his stay, Chen will act to boost the interactions and friendship between the two countries, it said. [FULL STORY]
