Taiwan's leader Lai Ching-te failed to attend Pope Francis's funeral but was represented instead by former premier Chen Chien-jen, a devout Catholic who had previously met Francis on six occasions.

Former vice president Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) expressed hope on Saturday that President William Lai (賴清德) would be invited to ...

He spent the rest of his pontificate going back out to those peripheries, traveling to more than 65 nations, preferring those that were poor, scarred by war, marginalized and forgotten. Then the ...

The Holy See remains Taiwan’s only European ally, even as the Catholic Church deepens historic diplomatic and religious ...

Choosing a new pope has more in common than you might expect with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) congress’s system for ...

Taiwan's diplomatic efforts at the Vatican funeral included prayers for President Lai Ching-te to attend the new pontiff's ...

Taiwan's envoy to the funeral of Pope Francis said he prayed for President Lai Ching-te to be able to attend the inauguration ...