Harvest of Hindus as Converts By Pavithran
Harvest No.1: Pope John Paul II’s visit to India The heading “Harvest of Hindus as Converts” is courtesy Pope John Paul II who had declared during his visit to New Delhi during the Deepavali festival on November 6, 1999 that the church would reap a harvest of faith in the Asian Continent in the new millennium. The document of this declaration was christened as "Ecclesia in Asia" (The Church in Asia). Pope’s declarations were prominently published in the newspapers under the bold headings such as “Convert Asia Next: Pope”. He had exhorted the audience that the Asia should be evangelized in the third millennium like Europe and the two Americas in the first and second millennium respectively. Pope had wondered that it was indeed a mystery why the Savior of the world, born in Asia, had until now remained largely unknown to the people of the continent. Pope’s message was that this position should be reversed by aggressive efforts of conversion of other religious sects in Asia whi...