In Taiwan, freedom of faith is for everyone. On this Pacific Island, Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism sit alongside Christian and Muslim minorities and other traditions.
With this video the series “Taiwan, a Mosaic of Religions” continues.
In this third episode, “The Christian Faith in Taiwan”, we focus on the island’s first major religious minority: the Catholic Church, numbering about 300,000 faithful – less than 1% of the population. Small in numbers yet significant and well regarded, as described by Fr. Edi Foschiatto, a Xaverian missionary interviewed for this episode.
The service of charity and attention to the least are the most eloquent signs of the Church’s commitment within Taiwanese society. Moreover, the Catholic community has sought to value local traditions, reinterpreting them in a Christian key and integrating them into its rituals and religious practices.
This is a path of dialogue and inculturation that bears witness to the richness of the Gospel in a land with many spiritual voices.
In the next episode we will discover another of Taiwan’s religious minorities: the Muslim community.
