Part II — Salutations to Italy

Sri Chinmoy visited Italy and the Vatican in June 1980, lecturing in Rome and meeting with the Pope.

The excited Cardinal

As you know, on the 18th of June, at seven o'clock, I was supposed to meet with the Pope. At five-thirty they wanted me to be present. I came at five-thirty on the dot and stood not at the Vatican Gate, but about twenty or thirty metres away. A Cardinal was waiting for me but he could not see me, and he was very excited because he thought I was late. When he finally saw me, he took my papers and led me inside.