Governor of Goa Shri PS Sreedharan Pillai hosted a warm reception for a distinguished nine-member delegation from the Vatican along with the His Eminence Archbishop George Jacob Koovakad, Cardinal-elect, and a high-level Vatican delegation at Raj Bhavan, Dona Paula.
Governor Shri. Pillai greeted the dignitaries with India’s renowned hospitality, presenting each guest with a Holy Cross & copies of the Bhagavad Gita,interpreted by luminaries like Mahatma Gandhi,Bal Gangadhar Tilak,Swami Vivekananda, Swami Chinmayanada, Annie Beasant etc.
Shri Aleixo Sequeira, Minister for Law in the presence of His Excellency Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, Substitute for the Secretariat of State at the Vatican and the third highest-ranking official in the Holy Catholic Church.
The delegation included two Cardinal-designates including Archbishop George Jacob Koovakad and His Excellency Msgr. Rolandas Makrickas, Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. His Eminence Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, Archbishop of Goa and Daman, and Most Reverend Simião Fernandes, Auxiliary Bishop of Goa, First Lady of Goa Smt. Rita S. Pillai, Shri M. R. M. Rao, IAS, Secretary to Governor graced the event.
