AILO CHURCHILL ANI GHELO CHURCHILL.

In early seventies, frequent defection was called as “Aya Ram and Gaya Ram” since one legislator in the North India, named as Ram made a mockery of the facility of changing his party and returning back with quick frequency.  This Ram reminds me of our Churchill Alemao who has created a record in changing parties as if changing of Shirts.  In Goa among prominent Congressmen only the late Purshottama Kakoddkar ex Congress President – Goa unit and a MP remained genuinely faithful to Congress party by not defecting to any other party with the exception of suddenly one fine morning disappearing from Goa and surfacing at Rishikeh.

 

 

Today in Goa if the Congress party is suffering for its survival and pristine dignity, it is only because most of the Congressmen are not faithful to the party as they are not genuine Congressmen.  They are in Congress party because they want to achieve their own personal goals of amassing wealth and power.  Prataph Sing Rane was not a true Congressman, originally he started his political career with MGP under Dayananda Bandodkar.  Francisco Sardinha responsible to give a footing to BJP to rule Goa was one of the worst Aya Rams and Gaya Rams, being a great political opportunist. Mauwin Godinho an expert in defection brought a disgrace on Congress Party when he betrayed Rajiv Gandhi with a Judas kiss by joining PDF and later on returning back to Congress fold.  Luizinho Faleiro and Tomazinho  Cardoso after flirting with Goa Congress of Dr. Willie for some time rejoined Congress Party shamelessly. And Digambar Kamat is no better than the other shameless defectors.

 

 

Regarding Churchill Alemao leaving Congress Party, I am fully confident from the past record that either today or tomorrow he will surely return to Congress Party which shamelessly like before will accept him back in its fold even though John Fernandes said none who leave the party will be reaccepted. This is a juvenile threat by John Fernandes who must know that Churchill Alemao and Congress Party are kiddy, neither has principles, their principles are self-interest. In the past the mighty Congress Party with a mighty history turned out to be a dwarf in front of physically mighty Churchill Alemao otherwise Alemaoisation of Goan politics would have ended long time back when PDF came to power thru Churchill Alemao piloted defection.  An expert in changing political parties Churchill Alemao will never change his habits of party changing and defecting which habit can be coined as "Ailo Churchill ani Ghelo Churchill" just like "Aya Ram and Gaya Ram".

  

 

          A. Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel: 7507394349.  

 

APARTHEID IN GOA CHURCH.

While preaching his homily in his Baptist congregation Church in his home State at Montgomery in USA, the late civil rightist Martin Luther King told the Whites who as per the local preferential treatment for the Whites seated on the benches kept at right side and the Blacks at left side, that "if you cannot integrate with the Blacks then you will never integrate with Christ because Christ is come from the masses as Blacks". Then Martin Luther went further and said, discrimination in the Church and in the Church area is against the Christ’s teachings and as such it is an anti-Christian act.

Since time immemorial Goa Church has been practicing discrimination in the Churches and even in the Church compound just as it was done in the USA. Salcette was more notorious in practicing apartheid policy in the Churches and this apartheid was practiced on the basis of caste system. Unfortunately, according to me there was not a single priest in the history of Goa like Martin Luther King who forcefully fought against this Goan apartheid in Goa Churches.

When such a dirty practice was going on in our Churches, to my surprise I cannot imagine how both the Goan holy priests Fr. Agnelo and Fr. Jose Vaz failed to raise their voices as Martin Luther did against this Church promoted apartheid. Martin Luther felt the pinch of the apartheid because he was a Black and this pinch forced him to fight against apartheid. Similarly, both the Goan saintly priests were non-Brahmins and being so they must have felt the pinch of Goan apartheid more and inspite of this their silence on this speaks very low of them.

Recently, the Church authority below my nose has issued a circular indicating preferential treatment in the Church Parking area for the personal vehicles of the village Sarpanch, his Deputy, local MLA and even ex-MLA's. Minutely observing this circular one can easily notice there the Church promoted apartheid. Why such a preferential treatment even for the ex-MLA's who for being corrupt were rejected by the voters? This apartheid should be stopped by the order of the Bishop because such discriminations do not suit in Christianity. Abraham Lincoln called such discriminations as Church inflicted barbarity. It is a shame for all those politicians receiving the preferential treatment to accept the same as if they are feudal lords when during their electioneering they preached equality for all just as Priests do in the name of Christianity. Both are corrupt - politicians as well as priests. These politicians by not identifying themselves with the common people are expecting Maharaja's treatment. In the next election common people must teach these artificial Maharajas a very good lesson.

Giving preferential treatment to the politicians is like giving such treatment to the rogues who suck the blood of the people and in this exercise some local Pe. Vigars playing a leading role is a matter of shame. During the last general election for Goa Legislative Assembly the Goa Church advised the Catholics to reject the corrupt politicians and now some Pe. Vigars from the same Goa Church are doling the corrupt politicians with preferential treatment as the Pe. Vigar does below my nose. I would not be surprise gradually to see the same Pe. Vigar reserving special seats to these politicians in front of the Altar to celebrate the Holy Mass and special burial spots in the Cemetery. What good and equality one can expect from the Pe. Vigar who himself is guilty of practicing discriminatory policies on the basis of caste system within his own family circle? I hope Goa Bishop at Altinho Panjim will take note of this and take corrective steps now only before things go out of the way.

According to my latest observation, many of the village Panchayats headed by their Sarpanches are bribe prone and unless they take the bribe they do not approve any of your plans. The bribe money then the Sarpanches distribute to all the Panchas supporting them on descending order, highest share to the Sarpanchas and the lowest to the Panchayat Peons. One of the major shares of this loot also goes to the local Pe. Vigars and because of this the local Pe. Vigars in many localities are closing their eyes to the loot systematically conducted by our Panchayats manned by the Catholics. This is the main reason for many of our Pe. Vigars to own Limousines and other luxuries from the doles they receive by giving preferential treatment to the corrupt politicians not only in the Churches but also in the Church compounds. This preferential treatment sometimes goes not only to the corrupt politicians but also to their domestic servants, dogs and cats as well.

Now it is clear how the local politicians erect their financial empires within a short time. When they start their political career in their localities they start as beggars but within a short period after looting the locals thru extortions and by demanding bribes they become rich and on top of it they don't even feel shy to move in society with their head high. Normally such politicians belong to the "Rostad" family background having no shame for committing illicit acts. And on top of it they go to the Church and pretending to be saintly receiving holy communion also. And because priests are party to their loot they close their eyes otherwise some Pe. Vigars bark from the Altars if anyone breaches any commandment.

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.
Tel: 7507394349.

SENHOR BISHOP, WHERE THIS MONEY GOES?

Every Sunday and on every feast day in our Churches money collection is done and this collection comes to some thousands of rupees as per the weekly announcement in the Churches by the priests. Earlier it was not announced but since a few years back this is done and it is a nice habbit for which Goa Church should be applauded. However, to maintain the full tranparency of this collection, the Bishop House at Altinho Panaji should issue a notification to all the Churches in Goa to declare openly how and where this collected money is spent. Thru this open declaration the faithful will clearly know how their money they gave to the Church are utilised and also whether it was utilised for constructive purpose.

When faithful give their money to the Church they expect the priests to make good use of it and when the priests declare the utility of this collection in a proper manner then the faithful become happy. Moreover, the priests are duty bound to declare to the faithful the proper account of this collection otherwise unnecessary doubts are creeping into the minds of the faithful thereby making them lose their trust not only in the priests but also in the Church as a whole.

Recently I have returned for good from Kuwait where according to my information this type of collection comes to a very big amount which in many cases utilised for luxuries of the priests. Inspite of the instruction of the Pope to curtail the use of luxurious cars by the priests nobody listens to Pope's advice. The priests and Bishop there live in pompous manner and this trend has been increased since a few years back when the Kuwait Church administration was given into the hands of Capuchin Society who are like extortionists charging the faithful fees for every Church service. Earlier it was not like this when Kuwait Church was in the hands of Carmelites. This is required for the Sankistao, Deacon, Priests and the Bishop to live a luxurious life which is against the teachings of the Christ.

In Goa according to my information, on the strenght of the weekly collection money some of the priests are living a sinful life thereby bringing bad name not only for them but also for the Church as a whole. Some priests on the strenght of this money are travelling the globe not to study soething good but to indulge in sinful luxuries. Recently, one friend of mine while on tour to Manila, came accross one Goan priest roaming in the Red Light area and when he asked the priest "Fr., where are you here?", replied Fr. saying "I lost the way". If our Gurus lose their way in this manner then the Catholicsm will also lose its direction in Goa making the Believers and other such sects to create a strong dent in our midst.

One of the reasons for the mushrooming of non-Catholic Sects in Goa is the greed for money and sex by the priests. It is very difficult in Goa to get an upright priest.

In Goa, most of the priests are sex maniacs and they have concubines not in ones and in twos only but in dozens because too much money without too much efforts and in too short time is going into the hands of too many priests who are a disgrace on Christianity.

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim,
Goa.