Hindu nationalist Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi honored the memory of the recently deceased Pope Francis during an event on Friday, stating that the late Catholic pontiff “will always inspire me.”
Modi made the remarks during an event in the Indian state of Kerala, home to the largest Christian population in the country. Christians in Kerala believe that they were among the world’s first people to be evangelized outside the Holy Land when Saint Thomas visited the southern Indian region and began spreading the Gospel.
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