Anna Maria always provokes some discussion. I have been to Gujerat several times. Has Anna Maria been there, or talking through "chepem" as usual ? As for priest going to foreign countries.......let me describe a very posible scenario. I spent many decades in the USA where there is a severe shortage of Catholic priests. Many parishes now have priests from foreign countries and Goan and Keralite priests. Because of the shortage of priests, many parish priests cannot take a vacation (usually in the summer months of June to August) because there is no one to substitute for them in their absence. So many Goan and other Indian priests are invited as guest parish priests. Their air fare is paid for by the parish and their remuneration is many many times what they earn in Goa. Plus, many parishioners invite these guest priests over, give them monetary gifts etc. Anybody who sacrifices his life to the priesthood deserves to earn some money for his late years. Priests are human and they deserve some comforts in life. While they are taken care of in retirement here in Goa, in special retirement clergy homes, they live in relative penury. Let them earn some extra money. You have a problem with that ?.
