Thank you JoeGoaUk for many genuine questions. I doubt, whether you
will ever receive any reply from the Patriarch whose office was
exclusively responsible for the casteist state of affairs within the
Goa Catholic Church during the last four and half centuries ending in
the year 1961.
I simply cannot understand the mentality of the bamon padri (the
chaddi padri appeared on the scene much later ). A padri by
profession is supposed to look after the spiritual welfare of his
flock. Casteist for 'Les Miserables ' i.e. other than bamons and
chaddis was a devilish scheme that endlessly tortured the mind of
the lesser people. Was the bamon padri aware of this spiritual
suffering ? Or was this a part of suffering that enabled a poor
soul to approach directly the pearly gates of St Peter without post
burial mortification called purgatory ?
Joe, if you know a proper office address in the Vatican, please
request them to obtain an answer from Patriarch's Office in Goa to
the following two questions. May be Mr. Cornel da Costa could help you
in this regard.
Question No. 1 How come the Seminaries accepted young boys from
bamon families to be trained as priest
to the exclusion of
all others
Question No.2 Why were religious associations called confrarias
formed on the basis of the Hindu caste system ?
antonio
