Ulaan Baator (Fides Service) - "We wholeheartedly respond to the Pope's call for prayer and fasting for peace. As the representative of the Catholic community in Mongolia I intend to make this an interreligious prayer, calling not only other Christians to join us but also followers of the other main religions here, Buddhists, Muslims, Baha'i. We will all pray for peace together". Mgr. Wenceslao Padilla, Prefect Apostolic of Ulaan Baator, said this in an interview with Fides Service, when we asked him about his reaction to Pope John Paul II's call, on Sunday 23 February, to Catholics the world over to make Ash Wednesday March 5, a day reserved for prayer and fasting to obtain from God the gift of peace. Mgr Padilla says he is writing Pastoral Letter to the local Catholics and to leaders of other religions in Mongolia to explain the importance of the event and to encourage all believers to turn to God at this moment of anxiety. "Only God can give the gift of peace- he said - but we must help to build it" PA (Fides Service 27/2/2003. 16 LINES; 208 WORDS)