Pope Francis: A very mixed legacy – Aravindan Neelakandan

In his approach to India, Pope Francis, like his recent predecessors, appeared to view the nation as a frontier for Catholic expansion and conquest. … By promoting for sainthood a fabricated ‘martyr’ like Devasahayam Pillai, Pope Francis’s papacy perpetuated a narrative that undermines India’s pluralistic ethos, prioritising evangelisation over interfaith harmony and echoing the Church’s […]