Accordingly, Taiwan's Catholic Church will do nothing to obstruct PRC-Vatican interaction. Taiwanese congregants feel certain that the Vatican will consider the welfare of Catholics in Taiwan even as they endeavor to better relations with the mainland-after all, Vatican diplomacy isn't just diplomacy for its own sake, but rather a means to spread the gospel.
而台灣教會也相信，教廷在改善與中共關係的過程中，必然會顧及台灣教友的利益，因為教廷外交的特色在於：並非為了外交而建交，乃是為了傳福音而建交。