Fr. J. Loiola Pereira Can you tell us where the Blessed Vaz canonization cause stands and specifically what the Archdiocese is doing to promote his cause? Also your opinion as to why after 500 years of Goan Catholicism there is no native Goan saint. Does the failure lie with the Archdiocese for not promoting our own people, with the Vatican for discriminating against people of color (today the Pope made 3 more white saints for their work in Africa but no native African saints), or with the docile/doormat attitude of Goans who serve the West? Or is it some other reason?
George > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Blessed Joseph Vaz -- the first Goan to be beatified -- was officially > proclaimed the Patron of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman on 16th January, 2000, > and the Indult of the Holy See to that effect was read out during a Solemn > Pontifical Mass celebrated on that occasion in the Old Goa Cathedral. The > Archdiocese, surprisingly, did not have a Patron till that date! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
