By Matters India Reporter Panaji, August 8, 2023: The Catholic Church in Goa has distanced itself from a layman’s call to fellow Goans to unite or be doomed. The call appeared in an article published in the August 1-15 edition of the “Renewal,” the bimonthly pastoral bulletin of the ArchdioceseContinue Reading
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on January 11 said he was open to ‘discuss’ with the villagers protesting against the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) project in the stage. He, however, clarified that the government would not withdraw its proposal to build the IIT at the site that hasContinue Reading
Panaji, April 29, 2020: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has decided to constitute a special doordination committee to oversee the restoration and conservation of the Basilica of Bom Jesus. The government decision comes in the wake of concern raised over the preservation of the 17th-century basilica that houses the mortalContinue Reading
Old Goa, October 5, 2019: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant stressed the need to maintain harmony during his first visit to the headquarters of the Pilar Society, a prominent Catholic religious order in the western Indian state. Highlighting the concept of ‘sarva dharma sama bhava,’ embodying the equality of destinationContinue Reading