The World - News from Feb. 7, 1986

Pope John Paul II, visiting India, prayed for the souls of those who died in the 1984 poisonous gas leak at Bhopal, calling it one of the “tragedies that accompany man’s efforts to make progress.” Almost the entire population of Mangalore, a largely Christian city on the Arabian Sea, turned out to greet the pontiff on the sixth day of his 10-day tour of India. The Pope, who flew from Panaji, 190 miles away, was unable to bring his bulletproof van and rode past cheering crowds in an open jeep. Papal security has been tight due to death threats from Hindu militants.