John Paul II Encouraged Buddhists To Celebrate The “Coming Of The Lord Buddha” (May 1984)

In his second Asian journey in 1984, John Paul II visited the Buddhist temple. Before reaching the temple, he expressed how anxious he was to meet “His Holiness, the supreme Buddhist Patriarch in the temple.” A few days before going to the Buddhist temple, John Paul II also said:

John Paul II, May 6, 1984: "For the Korean people throughout history have sought, in the great ethical and religious visions of Buddhism and Confucianism, the path to renewal of self… May I address a particular greeting to the members of the Buddhist tradition as they prepare to celebrate the festivity of the Coming of the Lord Buddha? May your rejoicing be complete and your joy fulfilled."

John Paul II then went into the pagan temple and bowed his head to the Buddhist Patriarch who sat in front of a gigantic statue of Buddha. John Paul II was an apostate antipope.