Dear Fr Prakash
Greetings
Good to hear from you after a while. We must resume the exchange of information and analysis that we initiated under your leadership in the thick of the silence of the clampdown.
Re this UCAN item.
It is the government that planted the story.
And could not follow it up for reasons best known to itself.
The UCAN analysis used the opportunity to put focus once again on persecution and the crushing of civil liberties, including the custodial death of Fr Stan.
That we must not let anyone forget.
As far as a Papal visit to India is concerned, our Cardinals have themselves called on the PM more than once to convey their request. It is not an issue uppermost in my mind. I of course have no source in the Roman Curia to find out more.
We must continue our struggle against erosion in constitutional values and institutions. Our citizenship and our rights would otherwise be at stake.
All offices have a shelf life, but it can be too late for the margins.
God bless you for your priesthood, activism, sincerity and scholarship. Still rare.
Warm regards
John Dayal
