In the latest survey of world leaders done by Gallop international, which is usually about politicians in the secular world, the wonder of wonder is this: The highest placed person on the list isn’t a political leader, but a religious person: Pope Francis who has a 58% rating.

Then comes German Chancellor Angela Merkel with 49%, as the top politician in the secular domain, followed by French president Emmanuel Macron with 45% approval. The US President Trump with 31% support could get only the third place in the secular domain. What is significant is, India’s PM Modi comes immediately after Trump as in the fourth secular leader with 30% support. Only then comes Chinese and Russian presidents and British PM followed by many others.

What is significant to note are two things: 1. Even in a secularized world people at large give top priority to religion and moral values. 2. Both among religious and secular leaders of the world Pope Francis, as the head of the Catholic Church, though he is the head also of Vatican, the smallest State in the world, is looked up to as the towering, shining personality, both among religious and political leaders. Among Christians and multiplicity of Churches in India is there any one spiritual person looked up to by the entire country? Since Pope Francis happens to be the head of the Catholic world, acceptable to all irrespective of differing religions persuasions, what about the Catholic Churches in India made up of Latin, Syro-Malabar and Syro-Malankara Rites?