Asian Civilisation Museum director Clement Onn is another non-Catholic anticipating the pontiff's visit.
Mr Shukul Raaj Kumar will be part of a small panel of young people who will engage the Pope at an inter-religious meeting at Catholic Junior College on Sept 13.
Mr Shukul – an assistant manager in SGTech, a trade association for Singapore’s tech industry – recalled the moment in late July when he received news about the opportunity. “Here is someone who has braved through life, doing what is good and what is right. To come in the presence of such a being, it really makes me feel ‘who am I’, and ‘what have I done thus far’.”
The Pope has genuinely shown love, respect and care to the communities and their identities, instead of taking a top-down approach, Mr Shukul pointed out.
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