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    "Church in Goa: Servants, slaves and rebels
    (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2009) Souza, Teotónio R. de; Faculdade de Ciências Sociais, Educação e Administração
    This article in Goa Herald daily seeks to respond to a round-table conference convoked by Minister Eduardo Faleiro to reflect upon the need of calling the attention of the Goa Church to lack of transparency and accountability in its administration of Church properties.
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    Praying Doves and Preying Vultures
    (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2009-09-12) Souza, Teotónio R. de; Faculdade de Ciências Sociais, Educação e Administração
    The most saddening feature in this entire debate is that the Church in Goa, instead of transmitting the image of kingdom of God, of Jesus who emptied himself (kenosis) and was crucified with nothing that he could call his own (“rights”) is increasingly revealing a spiritual bankruptcy. Obviously, the mystical body does not feed on mystical rice and curry. A mere suggestion of State legislation to check the transparency and accountability of the temporal goods of the Church was sufficient to raise the hackles of the rich and the powerful who need the Church, but present themselves as its faithful servants, who can ensure that the more humble sons and daughters of the Church benefit from crumbs of their charity. *Spiritus ubi vult spirat* – the Spirit blows where it wills, and the history of the Church has umpteen illustrations of this. As the saying goes, “The road to Hell is paved with good intentions”. Only the kicks of history have brought about most significant reforms.