1. Why are there no native Goan saints, yet white European saints completely dominate the sainthood count?
2. Why are people of color marginalized and do not share in the highest benefits of the church (Papacy, Sainthood)? Recently the Pope canonized 3 European missionaries to Africa but no African at that time. Are Africans, like Goans, doormats for the Church and left to eat crumbs off the table like beggars and servants? 3. The Pope has waived the 5 year wait for Mother Teresa, a European, while our Goan Blessed Joseph Vaz has had to wait 300 years with the Vatican dismissing his case twice without a good reason and now stalling on his third attempt. 4. Why do Goan Catholics who have served the Church for 500 years, staffing various foreign-based religious orders with our Goan priests & nuns, with lay people doing the grunt work, not have the high honor of a single Goan saint. I suppose we are not good enough to have our own significant Goan religious order but must do the work for others and in their glory. 5. Why is the Archdiocese of Goa pretending that Kandy, Sri Lanka, has sole jurisdiction over the Blessed Vaz canonization, in effect conviniently washing its hands over the cause of a native Goan, yet it is organizing a celebration for Mother Teresa who had no connection to Goa. I suppose we are not good enough and only white people sent are way are. George __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
