CHURCH MUST CONDEMN SINFUL POLITICIANS.

This is in response to the following congratulatory message sent to me by Fr. Ivo da C. Souza.

Thank you Fr. Ivo for your greetings and I accept the same with my open heart. I feel proud to receive such a message from an intellectual and learned priest like you. Through our dialogue and discussion in the past in "Dhor Mhoineachi Rotti" - a Konkani monthly - and also our personal discussion at Calangute at my Shop when you used to visit, I learned a lot from you. You are a very wisdomatic priest with highest degree of literary background. You have great love for Goa and Konkani. And you are a source of information for people like me.

I am happy to note that you like my writings in Kranti. Yes, I am now expressing my views thru http://goa-kranti.blogspot.com/ and very freely without any interference of any idiotic minded moderator, without any hindrance from any "bach'cha" moderator who does not know head or tail of Goa, Goan history, tradition etc.. Because of my bold writings I receive lot of threathening messages either thru phone calls or thru emails, mainly from Goa. But when I insist to get the full and real identity of the callers or message senders, all go into sleep. But one thing is certain some persons are having deslike for my bold writings, unlike you. In fact my writings are not bold only, but truthful and dedicated for the cause of Goa and Goans. When I write I make a deep study of the subject and do not do plagiarisation. My writings carry deep love for Goa and Goan causes.

Fr. Ivo, if we allow Goa into the hands of rascal politicians to do what they want then surely they will destroy and finish Goa. Priests like you must come out openly in challenging the rogue politicians. Priests like you must protest over the robberies our politicians are committing on Goa and Goans. Church in Goa is very slow in raising its voice against the injustice going on in Goa perpetrated by our crook politicians. If our Church in Goa was very alert and active like in Philipines many of our ills would have been eradicated. Since the exit of Portuguese from Goa, Church failed us in many respects and still failing. It took over 30 years for Goa Church thru Patriarch Raul Gonsalves to tell the people in Goa not to sell their land. If this instruction was done earlier Goan land in big areas would not have gone into the hands of non-Goans. Church is a respectable organisation and when its leaders speak everyone listens. Hence the need of the Church to take active and forceful part in the happenings in Goa.

Church cannot remain silent over the current events happening in Goa. For example, in Curtorim constituency itself there are so many villages and each village is having its own Church with Pe. Vigar and Pe. Cur at the helm of Church affairs. What are these priests preaching in the Church? To accept what Churchill Alemao is doing or to condemn him? What role did all the priests who were supporting Churchill Alemao against Luizinho Faleiro playing now? Why are they silent? Why cannot they openly and forcefully condemn Churchill's attitude?

It is a big shame for us Chritians and especially Catholics to have such a destructive and corrupt politician in Goa. He is hell-bent to destroy Goa. He is not only a shame on Catholics but also on Goa as a whole. I always supported him thinking that he is having great love for Goa and Goan causes but now I have realised my folly in supporting him. I coaxed others too to support him saying he is a good man. Now I feel ashamed in front of all my supporters. But Churchill does not think sense, he does not care for others. He thinks only for himself. And by doing so he is digging his own grave. He thinks Goa is his property and all Goas are his Mundkars. If he thinks that way then we as Mundkars must fight for our rights and if we do so we will surely win because land to the tiller system is already in force. And secondly "roita tachem xeth and rauta tachem ghor" system is already in existence. Hence, "Bhattkarak mar konkear".

In Philipines thru the power of the Church and its priests the brute might of Ferdinand Marcos was destroyed. What is our Church and priests doing in Goa? Why have they failed to condemn Churchill and others for corrupting the Goan political life? Goan politicians are a source of sins in Goa, they are leading people to sinful life. Church must come forward and challenge all the sinful leaders who are promoting sins. It is the duty of Church and priests to oppose sin promoters in Goa. Otherwise Hell will be full of sinful Goans. Church's duty is to prevent souls from going into Hell.

Once again, I thank you Fr. Ivo for your compliments.

Mog Assundi.

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.

Congratulations

Dear Veronica,

Greetings from Margao!
Congratulations for your bold writings.

Fr.Ivo da C.Souza icsouza@bsnl.in
(Holy Spirit Church, Margao, GOA 403601, INDIA)

Re: A. Veronica honored in Kuwait

On behalf of myself, my family, my colleagues in KKK and Konkani movement, I take this opportunity to congratulate A. Veronica Fernandes for receiving the honor from Konkani Kullvar – Kuwait on 24th August 2007. Konkani Kullvar – Kuwiat a Mangalorean organization of Konkani Writers Forum deserves highest compliments for honoring our Goan Konkani stalwart A. Veronica in recognition for his enormous contribution in the promotion of Konkani. This felicitation function was held at the Indian Community Girls School in Salmiya which was attended by a large crowd. Mr. Veronica in his speech to a thunderous applause by the audience said, “Mojeam ghorcheani mojea passot kelena tem mojea sezareani kelem”.

Mr. A. Veronica Fernandes is my colleague in Kuwait Konknni Kendr. Konkani movement was his baby initiated and promoted by him with the help of his supporters. Being with him in these activities I know his dedication, hard work and sincerity for the cause of our mother tongue. Because he had these attributes Konkani movement was total successful in Kuwait. I always supported him because of his sincere dedicated work in the promotion of Konkani and that too selflessly. Being a great activist, he is capable of doing a lot of things. His eloquence, argumentation and discussion on Konkani are worth admiring. The establishment of Kuwait Konknni Kendr following the establishment of Konkani movement in Kuwait was his great achievement. He has brought highest honor to Konkani journalism by writing very good writings in different Konkani papers and magazines.

I wish Veronica all the very best and hope he will carry on with the good work he has done for the cause of Konkani. I am sure other organization will recognize his dedicated work in the promotion of Konkani and will award him with more awards which are instituted for Konkani promoters and fighters.

Mario Rebello
Kuwait