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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (9420)	11/6/1999 5:23:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12475

Hindu saints welcome Pope's visit New Delhi: A group of 21 Hindu holy men has welcomed the visit of Pope John Paul II to India and said they invite him to join hands in making the world a place of love and harmony. Stating that the past 1,000 years had witnessed turmoil and upheaval in the name of religion, the holy men under the banner -Vyakti Vikas Kendra- invited the Pope to join them in creating an era of spiritual awakening in the next millennium. Of the 28 cultures to have graced this planet, only four remain, and of these the Indian culture is the most ancient and the richest. "We would like to remind the Pope that Hinduism is not polytheism. It is monotheism. Just as the church has different altars for different blessings like compassion and healing, Hindus worship many forms of the save divinity," they added. The holy men who signed the statement were from maths in different parts of the country. deccan.com

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (9420)	11/7/1999 10:02:00 AM
From: JPR	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 12475

The pontiff, who was escorted to the saluting dais by the President's body guards, was received by President K R Narayanan, First Lady Usha Narayanan, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh and Minister of State for External Affairs Ajit Panja, at a brief but impressive ceremony, at the majestic forecourt. Analysis by JPR Pope got more than a polite welcome. It was a rousing welcome. Many of the admirers were Hindus in the Stadium. it was only 2/3rds full. The stage show was superb and completely Indian in its form, content and scope . They held their palms together in an admiration of a man of God. The Hindus loved him as a person, but not the Catholic religion's immutable stand & compulsion on evangelization, which is and must be the topmost on the minds of devout catholics. Evangelization / Conversion / Proselytization are synonymous with microscopic variations & are the main and only purpose of being and living a catholic esp in the higher echelons. That is the main objection from the ideological side of VHP, Bajrang Dal and Shiv Sena. I don't see any compromise in this ideological divide between the VHP and its ilk's Hindutva, and the Catholic's only purpose in life, namely evangelization. JPR