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Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and is looking to buy land of approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas If you have land to sell, please contact: contac...@sangath.com or yvo...@sangath.com or phone +91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The follow response by Cedric Prakask SJ in an 2004 interview, may be helpful, considering that salvation (or rather its denial) often appears to be such a huge issue. It also shows that in many ways the church is in a sense an adolescent, grow.ing slowly but one could also see it as some willingness to grow. In fact a priest mentioned this to me about three decades ago. Lets hope that process stays on track. The link to the whole interview from the India Committee of the Netherlands<http://www.indianet.nl/english.html>/ Landelijke India Werkgroep <http://www.indianet.nl/index.html> site, which I presume has been read by many on Goanet is below. Btw, India should also consider having XYZCountry Committee of India for various countries. Perhaps a way of getting into the games, since I often hear it referred as such -- a game (Baba, toh soglo khell). Everything is a game! from: http://www.indianet.nl/iv040629.html *Q: But what about the exclusive truth claims of different religions? Some of them imagine salvation or heaven to be the sole preserve of their adherents. How do you think this issue can be addressed in the course of dialoguing between adherents of different religions?* A: In the Catholic case, prior to the Second Vatican Council, the position was the there is no salvation outside the boundaries of the Catholic Church. But now our official position has undergone a major change. Salvation, we now believe, is indeed possible outside the Church. You don’t have to be a Christian in order to be saved. A good Muslim or a good Buddhist or a good Hindu can also be saved. On the other hand, many right-wing evangelical and fundamentalist Protestant churches believe that non-Christians, no matter how pious or good, will be doomed to hell. Naturally, this constitutes a major barrier in any inter-faith dialogue venture. +++++++++++++++ venantius