台湾外交部：不反对梵蒂冈与北京对话

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VOA Chinese, Aug 25, 2016
www.voachinese.com/a/taiwan-vatican-20160824/3479521.html
("台湾外交部次长吴志中在总统府记者会上说明陈建仁访问教廷的细节时表示，中华民国和教廷的邦谊长达74年 [Holy See and ROC established diplomatic relations in 1942]，德雷莎修女也曾在1985年访问过台湾，为庆贺她的封圣 [to be canonized: becoming a saint]，被教廷授予圣骑士封号的陈建仁副总统将于9月2日至8日访问教廷，出席特蕾莎修女的封圣仪式。 * * * 台湾与梵蒂冈的关系是否亮红灯？吴志中表示，台湾与梵蒂冈有共享价值，'邦谊一直非常稳固' ")

Note: "被教廷授予圣骑士封号的陈建仁"
(a) Chen Chien-jen  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Chien-jen
(section 3 Honours and awards: 2010 Knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great (Vatican) + 2013 Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Vatican) )

(b) The zh.wikipedia.org agrees with both years, and translates
(i) Knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great (Vatican) as 梵谛冈 宗座大额我略爵士; and
(ii) Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Vatican) as 梵谛冈 耶路撒冷圣墓骑士团骑士.
(References 1 and 2 are church publications which explain why Mr Chen got these two honors.)

宗座 = papacy
额我略 = Gregory (English) or Gregorius (Latin)
Order of St Gregory the Great was established in 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI 额我略十六世.

Order of the Holy Sepulchre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre
(table: Formation  Circa 1099; Founder Duke Godfrey of Bouillon; Founded at  Church of the Holy Sepulchre)

Church of the Holy Sepulchre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre
(i) Latin-English dictionary:
* calvāria (noun feminine; plural  calvāriae): "skull"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calvaria
(ii) sepulchre (n; Did You Know?): "a place of burial : TOMB"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sepulchre