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from antonio
dr. jose colaco wrote:
i have NO CLUE why antonio wants the present archbishop of goa to answer why catholicism allowed the caste system to continue. is it this archbishop who allower it ?
there is a strong belief among !others! that, had the patriarch/archbishop office ( which has been exercing authority for the last 490 years) dealt firmly with the satanic arrogance of the bamon padri,perhaps casteism would not have so prevalent among the catholics of goa.
from 16th century to the end of the second world war, only boys coming from the bamon families were allowed to become priests ( the chhaddi boy most probably entered the portals of the seminary sometime during the 19th century ). is this not religious sanction of the caste system ?
secondly,confrarias, the religious associations, based on caste system were actively encouraged in each and every church in goa.
the present archbishop is a thorough gentleman, but his office has, definitely, a lot of explaining to do.
comment on basilio:
do i get it,that the goa church had no authority to tell the confrari-wallahs that they should all wear uniform of on colour only when they paraded themselves like holy peacocks outside the church on the village feast day ?
your verbiage whitewashing the goa catholic church could be equated to the famous last words of a london flower girl : i am a good girl , i am.
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