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Asia/China - Can the people of China expect more freedom of religion from the new the Communist Party leaders?

Interview with Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-shi, Bishop of Kaoshiung, Taiwan
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Following the annual Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, which raised considerable hope for the future of China, Fides Service spoke with Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-shi, Bishop of Kaoshiung, Taiwan, who was in Rome to take part in the activity of the Post-Synod Committee which appraises the implementation in Asian countries of the guidelines issued by the Special Synod for Asia. Jesuit Cardinal Shan Kuo-shi was born in mainland China, in 1923. He entered the Society of Jesus in Beijing in 1946. He was ordained a priest in the Philippines on March 18, 1955 and appointed Bishop of Hwalien in 1980. In 1991 he was appointed Bishop of Kaoshiung. he has been entrusted with a number of important tasks by the Holy See and for the FABC Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences.
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