Vaishnavas mourn about dad's death

The Department of Public Relations of the International Society of Consciousness Krishna sent a letter to the Papal Council for Inter -religious Relations a letter from the death of Pope John Paul II .

“We are deeply saddened by the departure of his Holiness of Pope John Paul II and express our condolences to our Catholics friends around the world,” the message says. “The departure of John Paul II is the greatest loss not only for the Roman Catholic Church , but also for all believers. Being a religious leader, Papa Ioann Pavel III He bravely fought for the statement of faith, carrying out the firm and clear leadership of his church.

Like Vaishnavas, we are especially grateful to the pope for his decisive protection of the holiness of human life, his sincere calls to the patronage of the weak and oppressed, for his call to the young generation to look for the meaning of life through devotion to God. We also highly appreciate the call of his Holiness to the dialogue of religions. Pope John Paul II was a man who preached powerfully, lived modestly and had compassion for people. "

Russian Vaishnava-Krishnaites expressed their condolences of the Roman Catholic Church. In a message to the archbishop of Tadeusz Kondrusevich, the chairman of the leading council of the Center for Consciousness of Krishna Society in Russia (Tsoskr) Radha-Domodar Das (Sergey Zuev) emphasized that John Pavel II, thanks to his active missionary activity, "was able to change the attitude of millions of people to the spiritual leaders in the modern world trying to oust religion into their peripherals daily interests and hope. "

Radha-Damodar Das also noted that it was under John Paul II that the active dialogue of Vaishnavov with Catholics began. "Our spiritual leaders have repeatedly met with a pontiff, who gratefully accepted from them the greatest message of the Lord Krishna to the world - Bhagavad -Gitu," the message said, the text of which was transmitted today by the Russian media.