8/31/2026 "A Catholic priest praised Buddha as “the Enlightened One” and let two Buddhist monks chant a mantra from the pulpit of his parish church in Como, Italy, during a funeral ceremony for a Buddhist woman."
“[Marta] was a woman of contemplation, a seeker of God along every possible path, and she found this search in the Buddha – the Enlightened One who has, for centuries, continued to illuminate the path of many peoples,” Della Valle said during a speech at the event." FULL STORY at above link.