> > 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. > > This Pope (John Paul VI) travelled in an open > limousine (there were no terrorists fears in
TWO CORRECTIONS : 1. IT WAS POPE PAUL VI AND NOT POPE JOHN PAUL VI. 2. OVAL MAIDAN IN BOMBAY (NOW MUMBAI) AS A CHILD I ALSO HEARD OF A STORY ABOUT A PHOTOGRAPHER WH0 WAS KILLED WHILE FILMING THE POPE'S TOUR OF BOMBAY - AND HOW THE POPE WENT TO THE PHOTOGRAPHERS HOUSE TO MEET HIS WIDOW AND CONSOLE HER. COULD ANYBODY ALSO TELL ME WHY WE ADDRESS CARDINALS AS 1. VALERIAN CARDINAL GRACIAS 2. IVAN CARDINAL DIAS (THE FIRST NAME FOLLOWED BY CARDINAL AND THEN THE SURNAME) CHEERS - VINCE