The ceremony concluded with an inter-religious prayer service — a longstanding tradition — in which Swami Shantatamananda of the Sri Ramakrishna Mission, Giani Shivteg Singh of the Sikh community, and Maulana Abdul Hameed Nomani of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind asked for blessings of the new bishop.
“They are part of us. We live in one world,” Fr. Dominick Emmanuel said. Rev. Franco, who has been a consulter on the Pontifical Commission for Inter-religious Dialogue in Rome, hopes to work more extensively in reaching out to other communities and building bridges.
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