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The north Goa district BJP has welcomed the order issued by his eminence cardinal Felipe Neri ferrao instructing catholic priests to refrain from speaking about other religions adding that this will help in maintaining a strong bond between all the religions .
It may be recalled that chief minister Pramod Sawant had warned religious heads and priests of strict action for creating communal disharmony in Goa by their utterances against other religions,
the archbishop of Goa and Daman Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrao expressed “distress” and “deep regret” over the recent statements by priests.
Saying that “appropriate action” will taken against the priests, he also “sternly warned them to avoid such utterances in the future” which is a good step . said ex MLA of Aldona Glenn Ticlo in a press conference
“Goa is blessed with a confluence of different religions, languages and cultures and this religious unity has been existing for the past many years and this should even continue in the future” said saint ex Andre MLA Francisco Silveira
In a statement to clarify the Church’s stand on other religions after a video of a Goan priest speaking at Velankanni in Tamil Nadu went viral, Archbishop had said that the recent pronouncements by some members of the Church have gone against the authentic spirit of inter-religious dialogue and reciprocal respect.
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