Editor's note to cover photo

In this soulful and deeply moving encounter on 22 March 1972, Pope Paul VI and Sri Chinmoy meet one another for the first time. “This meeting of ours has been most essential,” the Pontiff told the Indian Master. “When we both leave this world, you and I, we will meet together.” Sri Chinmoy met privately with Pope Paul on two other occasions before the Pontiff’s death. At their last meeting in 1976, Sri Chinmoy presented the Holy Father with a book he had written about him, entitled Compassion-Father, Champion-Brother, Perfection-Friend.