On February 21st, Pope John Paul Ⅱconducted a ceremony in St. PetersSquare in the Vatican for 22 newly named cardinals. Among them was PaulShan, Bishop of the Kaohsiung diocese and president of the Chinese Catholic Bishops 'Conference. Catholics in Taiwan see this appointment as tremendously encouraging. Cardinal Shan is the fifth person of Chinese ancestry in the world to be appointed cardinal.
二月二十一日，梵蒂崗的聖伯多祿廣場上，教宗若望保祿二世主持二十二位新任命樞機主教的晉封大典，我國高雄教區主教並中國主教團主席單國璽亦在其中，這項任命被台灣天主教徒視為莫大的鼓舞。