Cardinal William Joseph Levada, prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican, gave the thumbs-up for the Indianisation of the Roman Catholic Church in India.
Speaking to media persons in Pune on Friday, Levada said that it was natural for the Roman Catholic church in India to imbibe Indian culture in this era of globalisation.
“Indians follow their faith in temples and mosques with a lot of fervour. It is very important for the Roman Catholic church in India to adjust and imbibe local culture and traditions,” he said.
The Cardinal’s thoughts have given a massive fillip to the Movement of Inculturation (imbibing local cultures) started in India by Roman Catholic priest Richard Desmat and nun Sara Grant in the early 1970s.
Levada, who is considered one of the most powerful of Cardinals in the Vatican, having taken over administration of the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith from none other than Pope Benedict XVI, expressed regret at the attacks on Roman Catholic clergy in India in recent years.
