Pope Francis: Can He Heal The Chasm Between The Roman Catholic Church And Hindus?
The Hindu-American Foundation, or HAF, welcomed the election of the pope but cautiously called for better relations between the Vatican and non-Christian religions.
“As a pluralistic faith, Hindus respect the papacy for its importance to Catholics and hope that the church now begins a new era of mutually respecting Dharma religions and other pluralist traditions as divinely inspired paths as well,” Pawan Deshpande, a member of the HAF Executive Council ...