Mervyn Dr Michael Lobo’s very perceptive article about the upheavals during the Reformation, which should have been called REVOLUTION was good.
On a related issue, the fact of the matter was the Spaniards and the Portuguese rulers in dividing the world between them also made sure that Vatican got the permission of these two Governments to have bishops appointed. For a long time it was worse than that …coloured people could not become priests ! St. Joseph Vaz with the help of the Holy Spirit defied this order ….it took more than 3 centuries to make him a Saint ! More on this...