>Earlier this writer as a child also chanced to have a >close look almost at arms length to see Pope John Paul >the VI when he came to Mumbai (now Bombay) on 2nd >December 1964 for the International Eucharistic >Congress held at the Oval Maidan in Mumbai (then >Bombay ) from 2nd December to 5th December 1964 . The >especially erected altar was the venue where the huge >multitude had gathered while late Cardinal Valerian >Gracias of Bombay, a native of Telaulim in Navelim >Salcete Goa did the honours on the ocassion. > Godfrej, Not, John Paul the Vl. Just Paul the Vl, followed by John XXlll and the two John Pauls.
I was also present in Bombay as well as at all the functions in Goa. Erasmo, Inocencio Monteiro and the young clloector of Goa, Shakti (?) had done a fine job of organizing the mega event. AdeT.