Final calling

ALAN BASIL DE LASTIC

For the besieged Christian community in India, there was more bad news last month, although at least this one had nothing do with Hindu fundamentalists. In a sad turn of fate, Alan Basil de Lastic, the Archbishop of New Delhi, met his end in a car accident in the Polish capital of Warsaw, on 20 June. The late Lastic was also the president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India.