April 29,1998---Madeleine Kobel Albright

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Taiwan Tati Cultural
And Educational Foundation
B16F, No.3 Ta-Tun 2St.
Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
April 29, 1998.

Dear Mrs. Madeleine Korbel Albright,

I am very sorry to interrupt you time; anxiety disturb me for a long time, because of the future of Taiwan still instability. The letter would be a "comfort pill" for me, whether you read it or not; our T.T. foundation appreciate your kindness always.

It is very hard for Taiwan to face Communist Chinese's rude manners. Taiwan's cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi "humbly" called on the Communist Chinese authorities here Tuesday (April 21, 1998.) to allow greater religious freedoms to practicing Roman Catholics in mainland China.

"The communion of the local church with the universal church and her visible head, the Pope, the successor of Peter, is an essential part of the Catholic faith." Shan told the Vatican's synod on Asia. "Therefore, we humbly request the People's Republic of China to kindly allow our Catholic brethren to practice their Catholic faith freely, according to their conscience" he said.

Beijing refuse to recognize the Roman Catholic church , and only allows Catholic to worship under the auspicious of the state-controlled Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.

However, overseas groups estimate there are 10 million pro-Vatican worships in mainland China. Most of Catholics are not belongs to Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. They are decided to many small group by threat of police and authorities. Mainland China maintained relations with the Vatican until 1957 when the Pope excommunicated two Chinese bishops appointed by the Communist regime.

The communist Chinese government now insist that the Holy See must officially cut ties with rival Taiwan in order to re-establish official links, with Beijing.

However, the head of the Patriotic Association in China Bishop Michael Fu. Tieshan told journalists in Beijing that he had as yet received no formal invitation from the Pope. Pope John Paul II said Sunday (April 19, 1998) he had invited two mainland Chinese Bishops to attend the two-month synod. Which aims to examine the Roman Catholic Church's future in Asia.

At the beginning we aimed not at independence. But the injustice of Beijing has driven us to arms. I hope to share Chinese world and will to unify in democratic condition.

 

 

Sincerely Yours,
Yang Hsu-Tung.
President of
Taiwan Tati Cultural
And Educational Foundation

 

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