Vatican City, Sep 22, 2011 / 04:15 am
The Archbishop of Delhi says it is time for Indian Catholics to further help re-evangelize Europe.
“We are very much concerned because it was missionaries from Europe that brought the good news to continents like Asia and Africa,” said Archbishop Vincent Concessao in an interview with CNA.
“There’s no doubt they made tremendous sacrifice to share their knowledge with us and today it looks like it’s our turn to visit them.”
Archbishop Concessao was in Rome for the Indian bishop’s 2011 “ad limina” visit to update the Pope and the Vatican on the health of the Church in India.
He said the issue of the re-Christianizing Europe emerged during discussions with the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace about the amount of private Indian wealth deposited in Swiss bank accounts to avoid paying taxes in India. It is a practice Archbishop Concessao described as “immoral,” “unjust” and “depriving the country of what it could do for the poor in India.”