New Delhi, Nov. 8 :     The VHP and other Sangh parivar outfits have decided to step up their anti-church agitation following Pope John Paul II?s allegedly ?inflammatory? call for the evangelisation of Asia. The decision came even as the Catholic church today went on the backfoot and clarified that the media had ?misinterpreted? the Pope?s message. Delhi Archbishop Alan de Lastic explained that the Pontiff had not exhorted the church to go ahead and convert people. ?Not a conversion from one religion to another, but a conversion of heart,? he said. De Lastic added that the church was ready for a dialogue ? not a debate ? with all faiths, not the parivar alone. ?We do not want a polarisation between the Christians and the Sangh parivar.? But the archbishop?s explanation has not washed with the parivar. ?Our stand has been vindicated. The Pope?s statements have proved that we were right. It (the Pope?s call) is not surprising. It is a challenge to us. His followers are converting and we will see to it that it ends. We will intensify our agitation against the activities of the missionaries,? VHP leader Lokesh Pratap Singh said. He added that VHP working president Acharya Giriraj Kishore would hold a news conference on Thursday on his reaction to the Papal visit. BJP general secretary Venkaiah Naidu called for a national debate on conversion and reconversion. ?We have heard the Pope?s views. We agree that religion depends on an individual?s conviction, but we are against conversion by inducement,? he said. Rajender Chadha, joint convener of Prajna Pravah, the RSS intellectual forum, said the Pope had abused the hospitality extended to him, and aggravated the parivar?s ?worst fears? on the church?s ?grand plans to convert India into a Christian country?. The RSS leader said the Hindus were an awakened people and would accept the challenge. ?Asia has always resisted the church?s expansionist plans and will continue to do so in future,? he said. Fearing trouble, Union home minister L.K. Advani has asked for a detailed report on the Pope?s visit, apart from routine intelligence inputs. During the closing ceremony of the Asian Bishops? Synod on Saturday, the Pope had exhorted the church to propagate the gospel in Asia, though he did not mention India directly. ?Just as the first millennium saw the Cross firmly planted on the soil of Europe and the second on that of America and Africa, so may the third millennium witness a great harvest of faith on this vast and vital (Asian) continent,? the Pope had said. ?In presenting the fruit of the Synod?s work in the post-Synodal apostolic exhortation, ?Ecclesia in Asia? (The Church in Asia), you, the Bishops, are being asked to make ever greater efforts to spread the gospel of salvation throughout the length and breadth of the human geography of Asia,? he had added. This morning, the Pope left for Georgia after a three-day visit. He was seen off by minister of state for external affairs Ajit Panja and foreign secretary K. Raghunath. Panja presented the Pontiff an album full of photographs taken during his stay in the country and a book, Calcutta, containing pictures by Raghu Rai. The Pope, looking cheerful, turned back twice and waved at reporters before boarding the chartered Air-India flight to Georgia.