MANILA: Mourning for the late Pope John Paul II transcended religious barriers in Asia yesterday with flags lowered to half mast from Hindu India to Australia, Buddhist Thailand to the staunchly Catholic Philippines.
Special masses were held at churches across the region – including communist countries China and Vietnam where religious freedom is repressed and whose leaders have long been at odds with the Vatican – while tributes from leaders of all faiths continued to pour in.
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