Bishop joins effort to erect Gandhi monument in Nevada capital

Published: 2007-10-09

RENO, Nev. (CNS) -- Bishop Randolph R. Calvo of Reno has joined with an interfaith group of clergy in calling for a monument to Hindu leader Mahatma Gandhi to be erected in the Nevada capital of Carson City. The Gandhi Monument Council of Nevada said it would also ask for life-size statues of Gandhi to be erected in Las Vegas and Reno. Bishop Calvo signed a petition calling for the statues following an interfaith clergy luncheon in Reno in late September, according to council coordinators Rajan Zed, who is Hindu, and the Rev. Gene Savoy Jr., a minister of the International Community of Christ. The aim of the council, according to a news release, is "to commemorate Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence, his commitment to world peace and his work" to uplift the downtrodden. The release said Gandhi, who was assassinated in 1948, "continues to be widely revered as one of the greatest moral, political and peace leaders of the 20th century."

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