--- Filomena Giese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hopefully, our Goan Church and lay leaders and > august Jesuit alumni did more than wine and dine the > head of the Jesuits, Fr. Kolvenbach, and the > Cardinal (Poupard?) who heads the Catholic Culture > centers, and asked them what they are going to do > to get us a canonized Goan saint after 500 years of > devoted Goan service to the Church. These are the > people that can move a cause in Rome. > Mario adds: > Filomena, I don't think anyone - Mother Theresa would be a rare modern exception - should be fast-tracked to sainthood, but Fr. Agnelo's case has been at a pace that can hardly be described as "fast", in fact it can best be described as painfully "slow-tracked", if it is moving at all. > Since Fr. Agnelo D'Souza was not a Jesuit I'm not sure whether Fr. Kolvenbach would be much interested. > However, just in case you didn't know, one of the most influential administrators at the Vatican for at least the last 25 years has been Indian Cardinal Lourdaswamy, who, I believe, also had some role in the decision-making process for sainthood. > He is now old and virtually, if not actually, retired and indisposed, but we now have Cardinal Ivan Dias who serves at the vatican in some capacity. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goanet supports BMX, the alumni network of Britto's, St Mary's and Xavier's -- three prominent institutions in Mapusa, Goa. Events scheduled from Dec 16 to 21, 2006
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