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Grange


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2005/4/5 下午 12:47:45



The Vatican wants to cut formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan and recognize the island's rival China because the move would give Catholics more freedom on the mainland, Hong Kong's bishop was quoted as saying Tuesday in a newspaper.

The report didn't say whether outspoken Hong Kong Bishop Joseph Zen thought that the death of Pope John Paul II - an ardent campaigner against communism - would create new momentum for establishing ties with the communist government in Beijing.

The Vatican is Taiwan's only European diplomatic ally and rumors have long been circulating that the Holy See plans to soon sever official relations with Taipei. It would be a big blow to Taiwan, which competes fiercely with China for recognition since the two sides split amid civil war in 1949.

Beijing claims that self-ruled, democratic Taiwan is part of China and shouldn't act like an independent nation with foreign relations with other countries. Taiwan only has official ties with 26 countries - mostly small and impoverished nations in Africa and Latin America.

Tuesday, the South China Morning Post quoted Zen as saying the Vatican was ready to cut ties with Taiwan.

"The Holy See has been thinking of giving up Taiwan. This is a difficult (decision), but it has decided to do it," Zen was quoted as saying. "There is however no way that (it would) do so before negotiations. We have got to start the negotiation before talking about what we can give."

Zen said that church officials in Taiwan would understand the move. "If the Holy See does not establish ties with China, Catholics there will no have real freedom," Zen was quoted as saying.

China's communist leaders ordered Catholics to break ties with the Vatican in 1951, and Catholics are only permitted to worship in state-sanctioned churches. But millions more worship in unauthorized "house churches," and the government frequently harasses and arrests followers and clergy of the underground church.

- Dow Jones Newswires -


去非


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2005/12/17 下午 11:33:23

現在大家都說“中梵會否建交﹖”。但其實﹐在台灣﹐於2002年﹐他們才慶祝過“中梵建交60年”。所說的“中”梵﹐是指中華民國。所指的建交﹐也就是在1942年﹐那時正當抗戰時期﹐國民政府為爭取外交關係以助抗戰﹐與教廷建立正式外交關係(之前教廷只在中國派駐宗座代表﹐當時的宗座代表是蔡寧﹐駐在已淪陷的北平)。戰後﹐教廷在南京(當時之首都)正式成立公使館。之後﹐隨著國共內戰之全面爆發、國民政府之戰敗遷台、以及中國教會的主流人物在內戰中偏向國民政府一邊﹐教廷的駐華使館最後在台灣復館。

歷史就像洪流一樣﹐把這樣的一段歷史也淹沒了。

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