On August 8, 1985, John Paul II speaks of his meeting with African animists as: “The prayer meeting in the sanctuary at Lake Togo was particularly striking. There I prayed for the first time with animists” (Peter Lovest Thou Me? John Paul II: Pope of Tradition or Pope of Revolution, p. 154). It is also reported that during this meeting, while standing with the voodoo chieftain before a snake in the center of town, John Paul cast cucumber peelings on the ground in front of its entrance. Moments later, a serpent slithered forth from it. The chieftain then turned to the Pope exclaiming that the reptile’s appearance meant the snake-god had favored his offering. The pope is said to have nodded in acknowledgment.
.... In Redemptor Hominis 6 the pope states:
“What we have just said must also be applied – although in another way and with the due differences – to activity for coming closer together with the representatives of the non-Christian religions, an activity expressed through dialogue, contacts, prayer in common, investigation of the treasures of human spirituality, in which, as we know well, the members of these religions also are not lacking [emphasis Sungenis’].”
Here we notice the Pope has singled out “non-Christian religions” (which would include Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, Shintoism, Confucianism, et al) and says that we should have “prayer in common” with them.