@vidursniti And, the Indian 'Harvesting' scene is best captured by Sir Mark Tully, the former BBC Station Chief in New Delhi, in his most readable - " No Full Stops in India ". He wrote : "The bulk of their converts came from the untouchable community and the tribes. One Roman Catholic friend of mine still refers to Harijan converts as ‘POWDER MILK CHRISTIANS’, and there is no doubt that these people- the poorest of the poor were attracted by the MISSIONARIES’ PROMISES TO FEED THEIR BODIES, RATHER THAN THE PROSPECT OF SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT.”
It is against the foregoing canvas, should one view the message of the Pope John Paul II's statement during the Papal High Mass on November 8' 1999 in New Delhi, which also happened to be Deepavali - " The first millennium saw the cross planted in
the soil of Europe, and the second in America and Africa. May the Third Christian Millennium witness a great harvest of
souls on this vast and vital continent". That is India