This priest can revive the casti and go around. We need priests and the church that do not screw Goa and Goans. Do not change the subject about time and again dwelling about the Portuguese. Help the needy. BC
The Challenge to the Church in Goa: Revivalism or Renewal? Fr Desmond de Sousa CSsR [email protected] Society in Goa is passing through an unprecedented metamorphosis akin to a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. Like other institutions in society, the Church in Goa is convulsed by the need for radical change to fulfill her mission in society. The Goa Church Synod (February 2002) articulated the direction of renewal. But has the renewal lost out to revivalism? A question of whose perspective Was colonization of Goa by the Portugese (1510-1961) an asset or a liability for the Church in Goa? The native Americans protested the 500th anniversary of Columbus' "discovery" of America (1992) that established the faith in the American continent. They perceived colonization as an unmitigated disaster. Actually, from their perspective, they "discovered" the explorer on their beaches. He thought he had reached India. In return for their na?ve hospitality, they received plunder, rape and near extinction. A question of whose perspective!
