Chinese cardinal in Taiwan diagnosed with lung cancer

Published: 2006-08-18

TAIPEI, Taiwan (CNS) -- Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi has been diagnosed with lung cancer, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. The Taipei-based Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference in Taiwan made the news public Aug. 17 in a statement signed by Father John Chen Kun-chen, its secretary general. The statement said Cardinal Shan, 82, was diagnosed after tests showed a small tumor in one of his lungs. It said the tumor has not spread. The cardinal has accepted the fact calmly and with a religious spirit and will cooperate with his doctor for treatment, it said. "He does not wish to disturb others, but only asks all of us to pray for him so that he can fully carry out God's will," the statement added. In January Pope Benedict XVI accepted Cardinal Shan's resignation as bishop of Kaohsiung, a diocese based about 185 miles southwest of Taipei.

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