India Pope John Paul II Visit

"A message of mutual understanding and let us work together and above all, let us avoid the suggestion of using the name of religion, any religion, for persecuting or harassing others. Because this is quite unacceptable. It is against the very same idea of religion, any religion." SUPER CAPTION: Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Papal spokesman Despite the demonstrations in the build up to the Pope's trip, the three day visit has been peaceful, with the Pontiff cocooned from protests by a thick cordon of security. The Vatican has pleased the Indian government by announcing a 300-thousand U-S dollar contribution to the victims of the cyclone which has devastated eastern India. The papal visit was the Pope's second ever trip to India - the last one was 13 years ago.