John Wonderful piece....I too was under the belief that SFX was responsible for the Inquisition in Goa. As you rightly point out , this is sheer rubbish. The Dominicans and decades later were the real culprits. Francis spent only a short time in Goa.
On the 24 of December 2019 I came from Ngorongoro to DSM. At the Airport in Dar es Salaam I was treated like a hero by the security. It so happened that when I was invite to Ngorongoro (NCAA) the Government of Tanzania through our Vice Prez who comes from Zanzibar awarded me with a plaque for have helped to create NCAA as a UNESCO's World Heritage Site. (WHS) My biggest obstacle were a fe powerful politicians did not believe in human rights...and went about destroying schools. etc. President Julius Nyerere heard about it a commission was formed and I ended up by being the Chairman of NCAA I pledged to the Vice President that I would help the Government to establish two world heritage site ONE IN KILWA the other IN LINDI. YES ST FRANCIS WAS IN KILWA....HE WAS STUDYING THE LANGUAGE, TENDING TO THE SICK AND GETTING CONVERTS. AT THE SAME SITE THERE WERE MASSIVE MOSQUES....FOR 5 CENTURIES CHRISTIANS & MUSLIMS HAVE LIVED IN PEACE ....CHRIST NEVER TOLD HIS APOSTLES TO KILL PEOPLE WHO DID ACKNOWLEDGE HIM. I will write some more .....to you. Grandolfo in Quepem PS I read a book on Anjuna two nights ago ....fascinating book yes like Saint Joseph Vaz we might get a second Goan Saint
