PM Modi holds talks with cardinals, could invite Pope
2 min read By Express News Service
KOCHI: Thress cardinals of the Catholic Church met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his workplace in New Delhi on Tuesday and expressed the grievances of the Christian neighborhood. They additionally positioned a request to ask Pope Francis to the nation to which the PM responded positively. Syro-Malankara Church Thiruvananthapuram Major Archbishop Baselios Cleemis Catholicos, Bombay Archbishop Cardinal Oswald Gracias and Syro-Malabar Major Archbishop Mar George Alencherry complained of the “discrimination in the allocation of minority welfare fund” and the demarcation of the Western Ghats’ buffer zones amongst different points.
Modi had met the representatives of the Orthodox and Jacobite factions of the Malankara Church final month as a part of discovering an amicable settlement to the 100-year-old dispute between the 2 teams. Mar Alencherry mentioned Modi promised to make sure proportionate distribution of the funds. Though the Church heads requested for the discharge of activist Fr Stan Swamy — arrested in reference to the Bhima Koregaon case — Modi is learnt to have advised that it was a authorized problem. “There was no political significance to the meeting. The PM lauded the services of the Church in the fields of education, social development and health,” mentioned Cardinal Gracias.
Mizoram Governor and former BJP state president P S Sreedharan Pillai facilitated the assembly, however he couldn’t attend it as he has quarantined himself after his spouse examined constructive for Covid-19.“The cardinals called me up to say the meeting was fruitful as the PM lent them a patient ear to their grievances,” mentioned Pillai.“The efforts to solve the Orthodox-Jacobite Church dispute are also on,” mentioned Pillai who added the second spherical of talks will start after the tip of his quarantine interval.
