Hi Roland I am currently unable to retrieve posts on my computer screen, after the first two pages/scrolls, for reasons totally unknown. I therefore apologise in advance when responding to a small point in one of your posts, entirely from fleeting recall of what you had said. I definitely do not feel "hurt" that Fr Loiola did not reply to the five questions I had sent him after he himself had indicated a keeness to reply to me! I am merely disappointed about this but this is no big deal for me. If Fr Loiola, on reflection, considered it unwise to reply to my straightforward questions about the linkage between caste and the Catholic Church, he could have indicated among many possibilities that: a) he had no wish to reply, b) he did not know the answers to some or perhaps all the questions, c) he had a preference to respond privately i.e. out of Goanet public glare or even through a telephone conversation etc. I would have been happy with any response from him but it was his silence, despite gentle reminders, that was disappointing to say the least---especially, after his expressed initial inclination to respond to my questions on Goanet. Despite all this, I have absolutely no quarrel with Fr Loiola and will probably ring and have a chat with him one of these days. Regards Cornel
