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May 6, 2026 Think Goa, Goans, Goaness

Why the Cross Remembers and the Heart Forgets: The Catholics of Goa

In Goa, the bells of St. Francis Xavier Church in Borim ring for Sunday Mass, for funerals, for feasts. They do not ring for the Inquisition. Yet the Inquisition happened. From 1560 to 1812, tribunals judged faith, punished dissent, and left scars on families who are now dust. Today, most Goan Catholics do not carry that pain in their...

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Rev. (Dr.) Victor Ferrao holds a Doctorate in Philosophy of Science with specialization in Science Religion Dialogue from the Philosophy Department of Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune.

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