Religious freedom? Good idea!
Hey Pope......how about a Hindu temple in Vatican huh?
A rather silly argument, and the same one used by the Saudis.
It doesn't fly. The Vatican is a special tiny state which houses a handful of buildings. The accurate comparison would be with Italy, which allows religious freedom.
The pope's inteference in our internal matter was definitely uncalled for ,he seems to have forgotten the fact that india is a soverign democracy.It is the people and their problems that matter here and not the relgious heads.As for me i support the anti conversion bill this will surely curb the forced conversions in our country and give a full stop to those fanatical evanglists who degrade christianity.
However i sincerely hope those real missionaries who holds up the name of christianity through their deeds wont become the victims
Religoius freedom does not mean space for forced conversions and reaping of faith for ransom.
<< Religious freedom? Good idea!
Hey (Holy Father) ...... how about a Hindu temple in Vatican huh? >>
OK.
Immediately after you get one up in Islamabad, another in Mecca and one in Amritsar, on the site of the Golden Temple.
What are you all so darned afraid of, huh?
Religious freedom? Good idea! Hey Pope......how about a Hindu temple in Vatican huh?
Catholics in the Vatican are free to convert to any religion they like, except that they will no longer be regarded as Catholics.
Besides, there isn't any room. The Vatican City empire occupies .3 square miles.
Now, if you want to talk about the city of Rome: it has the largest mosque in Europe, as well as synagogues, houses of prayer, and temples for believers in literally hundreds of Christian and non-Christian religions.
When the Pope sponsored an interfaith assembly to pray for peace, he welcomed the delegation from India to use a Catholic church building in Assisi for their Hindu prayer service.
As a state, Vatican City also hosts diplomats from all over the world, all of whom are free to practice, display, and promote their religious beliefs within the (tiny) borders of Vatican City or wherever they and their co-religionists reside. No one is restricting them. And no citizen of Vaticam City is denied the right to leave the Catholic Church and join any religion of their choosing.
Which is, you'll have to admit, the point.
The VAtican is a st of buildings -- there's no room for another Church, forget about a temple -- it's barely twice the size of BOmbay's Victoria Station.