CONTRAPUNTO.COM: Desmond Tutu asks the Pope to reconsider decision not to see Dalai Lama

AFP / Johannesburg.-The South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu invited Pope Francis on Monday to reconsider his decision not to meet with the Dalai Lama, During this visit to Rome.

"Estoy muy triste y conmocionado de que el santo padre, Pope Francis, ceda a esas presiones y se niegue a reunirse con el Dalai Lama", The Anglican prelate declared in a statement.

The Dalai Lama arrived in Rome on Friday on the occasion of a meeting of the Nobel Peace Awards. The eve, The Vatican announced that it will not be received by Pope Francis.

According to the observers, The decision is due to the approach efforts between the Holy See and China, which accuses the Tibetan spiritual leader of being a dangerous separatist and opposes this type of encounters.

Desmond Tutu dijo que es consciente del "dilema en el que muchos se encuentran en cuanto a sus relaciones con Su Santidad y la República Popular China".

But according to the South African archbishop, el Dalai Lama "es un hombre santo que habla de paz, coexistencia y compasión".

Tutu had to go to that meeting of the Nobel Peace Awards, But last week he annulled all his trips until the end of the year, to undergo a new treatment against prostate cancer suffering.