Vatican invokes Gandhi in plea to end Orissa violence
END TO VIOLENCE: The Vatican called the Mahatma or ''Great Soul'', as a global icon of non-violence.
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Published on Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 21:17, Updated on Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 21:33 in World section
Vatican City: The Vatican invoked the memory of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi in an appeal on Tuesday for an end to religious violence in India after anti-minority riots killed at least 35 people.
On Sunday, Pope Benedict had called for governments to protect Christian minorities in India and Iraq.
In a written address to majority commmunity, the Vatican office in charge of relations with other religions said Christian and Hindu leaders needed to foster a belief in non-violence among followers.
The Vatican pointed to Mohandas K Gandhi, also known as the Mahatma or ''Great Soul'', as a global icon of non-violence.
''During the course of (Gandhi's) struggle for freedom, he realised that 'an eye for a eye, and soon the whole world is blind,''' Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, said in the address.
''He is a model for non-violence and he led by example to the point of laying down his life because of his refusal to engage in violence.''
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