Regarding the topic of Sainthood for Pe Joseph Vaz who is a Goan by birth or a Indian, we Goans must try and pray that he gets the Sainthood as a Goan identity, although he did lots of work in Sri Lanka which comes later. Always for a person is indicated its place of birth when he/she is born in that particular country for such decisions. Now let us take for example a particular case where a mother gives a birth to a child in the mid air or sea, say in international Lat/Long positions so the person get his/her birth certificate as a special case as International birth certificate as that place can be called as a neutral country. Therefore our Pe.Joseph Vaz when he is born in Goa I suppose he should be declared as a Saint of Goa origin and not Sri Lanka.. Many vested interest groups may say different stories and claim that he should be proclaimed as Saint of Sri Lanka which I do not agree. Modi and Goa Government should make efforts to take up this matter in consultation with our Indian/Goan Catholics religious orders/groups and with the Papal in Rome and impress upon them that this Pr.Joseph Vaz is a Saint from India (GOA) and the sainthood should be named as Goan Saint. I am sure more information in this matter will be elaborated and provided by the Priests from Goa and our Bishop Filipe Neri as I am not a proper person.
Stephen Dias D.Paula-Goa =======================================================
