Rev. Danny Fisher

This via Phil Ryan over at the Tricycle Editors’ Blog: the Agence France-Presse is reporting that George W. Bush called His Holiness the Dalai Lama today to inquire after his health. White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said:

President Bush called the Dalai Lama this morning to express his concern over the Dalai Lama’s health. The president’s call reflects the great esteem he and the American people hold for the Dalai Lama, who is a revered religious figure in Tibetan Buddhism, a Nobel laureate and a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal, and an important cultural figure and human rights advocate.