INDIA: POPE JOHN PAUL II PAYS HOMAGE TO MOHANDAS GANDHI
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A frail looking Pope John Paul II paid homage to the Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi on Saturday.
The 79 year old pontiff's visit has angered some Hindu groups accusing Christians of forcibly converting the poor.
Police beat and kicked three Hindu nationalists when they started to protest near a grassy hill overlooking the river where Gandhi was cremated and where the Pope laid a wreath.
It was the only violent incident amid tight security for the Pope's visit.
It is the Pope's first visit in thirteen years to India.
He was received by a guard of honour after arriving in New Delhi.
The ailing Pontiff inspected the guard, but turned back halfway down, clearly in need of a rest.
Still on the parade ground, he spoke with Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born leader of the main Indian opposition party.
And in the Presidential mansion he met with the Indian president K.R. Narayanan and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The Indian government has been eager to play down tensions between Christians and the majority Hindus.
Hindu groups are angry about Catholic missionary work in the country and have recently staged protests against the Pope.
But despite a ban on protests and a heavy police presence along the routes the Pope was travelling some protestors were undeterred.
They were quickly dealt with.
The Pope later paid homage to the Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi.
On Sunday, which coincides with the Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, the Pope will lead thousands in Mass in a New Delhi stadium.
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Saint John Paul, we miss you.
Pray for Us 🙏
Great
I feel😢 ti see pope John Paul he was to old but he nonstop to preach the Gospel of peace atpund the world
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🙏🙏🙏💐💐💐♥️♥️♥️
A great old man trying to respect another great old man vs some deshdrohis/who would win?
no very beautifully said
@no fuck yourself bitch
@no If people have the freedom to choose their religion, then why does your country kill and persecute Christians?
"And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved." - Matthew 10:22
The truth is only one thing, not all things. And Jesus Christ is it.
"Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me." - John 14:6
You two stop fighting
you arent very different from isis
He was great
教皇约翰.保罗二世1986年对圣雄甘地长达四分多钟的跪拜，像一颗震撼弹震撼了世界，尤其是基督教世界。
在基督教诞生的2000年里，教皇除了跪拜上帝，还从没有跪拜过一个人，但甘地让教皇打破了这个边界，而且还是对着一个“异教徒”的。
从印度回程中，教皇接受采访：说“甘地還活著，他不僅活著，而且對我們和西方是必需的，他從來都不是基督徒，也從未宣稱自己是基督徒，但我從他身上學到很多，基督徒都要向他學習如何成為基督徒。
注：教皇约翰保罗二世去过印度两次，一次1986年一次暮年，暮年那次，他都站立不稳了。