Chen goes to Rome for papal rites

[dArKeR]

President Chen Shui-bian (???) will this afternoon board a charter plane for the Vatican City to join world leaders attending Pope John Paul II's funeral on Friday, the Presidential Office said last night.

The trip to Vatican City will mark the first time ever that a Taiwan president has made a visit to an European country.

According to Presidential Office spokesman Chen Wen-tsung (???), the President will fly directly from Taipei to Rome Italy aboard a China Airlines' charter flight, which is scheduled to leave at 3:40pm. Chen is scheduled to arrive in Rome 2am (local time) Friday morning. The pontiff's funeral is slated to commerce at 10am (local time).

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/04/07/2003249424

Taiwan is a great country.

The Catholic Church, the only organization in the world to stand up to the dirty red chinese communinst bastards! Bless the Catholic Church!

[lenidog]

1. That shouldn't suprise you. Everyone is coming. I hear they have even

got the President of Iran and Fidel heading there.