Mother Teresa's nuns pray for
JFK Jr.
AP News Service
CALCUTTA, India (AP) _ Mother
Teresa's order of nuns held special
prayers Tuesday for John F. Kennedy Jr.,
as friends recalled his three-month
sojourn in India as a shaggy-haired
college student.
Kennedy visited the Missionaries of Charity at its Calcutta
headquarters during a trip to India in 1983 to research a
thesis on Indian democracy for his undergraduate studies.
``We are praying for him. We are praying to the Lord so
that he may grant peace and comfort to the members of
the bereaved family,'' said Sister Nirmala, who became
head of the order shortly before Mother Teresa's death in
1997.
The Times of India said Kennedy spent much of his visit to
the country in a low-grade New Delhi hotel in the
Paharganj district, which specializes in cheap
accommodation and clothing stores for backpackers.
``He seemed to revel in being rebellious. Which explains his
insistence on wearing the same jeans for weeks, not
shaving and keeping his hair long,'' said Vishu Bandhu
Gupta, the Indian bureaucrat who looked after him,
according to the Times.
Kennedy avoided the staff of the U.S. Embassy until his
mother, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, joined him. She
reportedly was horrified when she saw her son, took him
to a luxury hotel, and persuaded him to wear a suit, the
Times said.
JFK Jr.
AP News Service
CALCUTTA, India (AP) _ Mother
Teresa's order of nuns held special
prayers Tuesday for John F. Kennedy Jr.,
as friends recalled his three-month
sojourn in India as a shaggy-haired
college student.
Kennedy visited the Missionaries of Charity at its Calcutta
headquarters during a trip to India in 1983 to research a
thesis on Indian democracy for his undergraduate studies.
``We are praying for him. We are praying to the Lord so
that he may grant peace and comfort to the members of
the bereaved family,'' said Sister Nirmala, who became
head of the order shortly before Mother Teresa's death in
1997.
The Times of India said Kennedy spent much of his visit to
the country in a low-grade New Delhi hotel in the
Paharganj district, which specializes in cheap
accommodation and clothing stores for backpackers.
``He seemed to revel in being rebellious. Which explains his
insistence on wearing the same jeans for weeks, not
shaving and keeping his hair long,'' said Vishu Bandhu
Gupta, the Indian bureaucrat who looked after him,
according to the Times.
Kennedy avoided the staff of the U.S. Embassy until his
mother, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, joined him. She
reportedly was horrified when she saw her son, took him
to a luxury hotel, and persuaded him to wear a suit, the
Times said.
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