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What's On In Goa:
* Oct 11: Konkani translation of Satre book, Alliance Francaise
Oct 11: Friday Balcao, Mapusa. Mental health, suicides 4pm
* Oct 12: History Reading (Farar Far by Dr Pratima Kamat, Fundacao 5pm
* Oct 12: Goa Orchestra performs at the Kala (Corelli, Bach)
* Oct 15: Magic in town... Illusion India show, Panjim then Vasco
* Oct 20: Ornithology workshop, Bondla southernbirdwing.com
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--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "J. Almeida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>Hats off to her sisters for following that advice.
>Nothing has contradicted their account of events. 
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>Meanwhile, the sisters get on with their work, silently.
>

If the above is meant to be some sort of a counterpoint to the miracle
story, I would like to point out that the sisters are silent because
they are under strict orders from their superiors in the Church
hierarchy, as is clear from the remarks of Bishop Alphonsus D'Souza in
the following excerpt from a report in "The Observer" published on
August 19 last year. It is clear from this excerpt that the sisters
are not just afraid of others contradicting their account, but in fact
afraid of contradicting each other's accounts. "That would spoil
things", the Bishop said.

Cheers,

Santosh

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MOTHER TERESA'S 'MIRACLE'

A 34,000-page report is proposing sainthood but examination of just
one 'cure' throws up doubts

By Luke Harding in Raiganj and Philip Willan in Rome

Sunday August 19, 2001

Excerpted from THE OBSERVER 


"They have been given strict orders not to talk about it," Raiganj's
Bishop Alphonsus D'Souza said yesterday. "Obviously what happened is
an objective-miracle. But the sisters don't want to give different
versions as that would spoil things."

The witness statements given by the sisters also reveal several
inconsistencies. Mrs Besra, who is about 30, claims she was being
given medicine only for pain relief, but the sisters confirm she was
also treated for TB. Before the 'miracle', Mrs Besra was taken to no
fewer than five doctors - an extraordinary number for a poor resident
of a Missionaries of Charity home.

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