Nonagenarian Couple Live 'Exemplary' Catholic Life in Goa
By Bosco de Souza Eremita PANAJI, India (UCAN): A Catholic couple in Goa who recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary says that being loyal to Church teachings has sustained the marriage. Friends and neighbors of Basil Coutinho, 98, and his wife Timotea, 94, say the nonagenarian couple have set an example for Catholic life in the western Indian state. Basil, on the other hand, says he finds nothing extraordinary in having stayed married for 70 years. "If you have got married in the Church (and kept) your loyalty to the Church, why should your marriage fail?" he asked rhetorically. "I have no secret for a happy marriage," he declared. Full story at http://www.theindiancatholic.com/newsread.asp?nid=6835. === More Goan news stories at http://khobro.blogspot.com.
