Taiwan

The 31st ASEACCU (Association of Southeast and East Asian Catholic Colleges and Universities) Conference opened on August 18, 2025, at Providence University in Taichung, Taiwan.

The newly appointed Taiwanese ambassador to the Holy See has affirmed the enduring partnership between Taiwan and the Vatican, rooted in shared values of freedom, peace, justice, truth, and human rights.

Holy Rosary Cathedral Minor Basilica was constructed in 1859 during the Qing, the last dynasty in Chinese history that lasted from 1636 to 1912.

Giovanni said that the star of Bethlehem may guide them as they live their lives as it did for the “kings, intellectuals, and scholars from the East.”

Bishop Su also encouraged everyone, saying, "God created us for love; we imitate Jesus and the saints commemorated by the Church today.”

Pope Francis met with Taiwan's first indigenous bishop, Norbert Pu of Chiayi Diocese, recently in Rome.

The mission's group witnessing was truly a gift from God. After all, it was worth wasting time in Taiwan!

South Korea's Seoul Archdiocese commissioned two missionary priests for international service. The priests' assignments were in Mexico and Taiwan.

A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Wenbin, has underscored the country’s insistence that Taiwan not be recognized as a sovereign nation in response to a question on the island democracy’s relations with the Holy See.

(CNA) The coronavirus pandemic is telling us that “our health counts more than the economy’s health and that true human fraternity is more valuable and noble than diplomatic success,” a Taiwanese archbishop has said.