Save our Faith Archives - Oscar de Noronha https://www.oscardenoronha.com/category/save-our-faith/ I am Goan, and nothing human is alien to me… Sun, 23 Nov 2025 10:37:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 https://www.oscardenoronha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Save our Faith Archives - Oscar de Noronha https://www.oscardenoronha.com/category/save-our-faith/ 32 32 Doctrine to the winds? https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2023/06/18/doctrine-to-the-winds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=doctrine-to-the-winds https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2023/06/18/doctrine-to-the-winds/#comments Sun, 18 Jun 2023 08:10:41 +0000 https://www.oscardenoronha.com/?p=82664

In one stroke he had let the congregation know that they need not have come to church at all. Should we, then, dismantle our baptismal fonts?

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The Feast of the Kingship of Christ sets the crowning glory upon the mysteries of His life commemorated throughout the year.

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Rejoinder to an editorial in Renewal, the pastoral bulletin of the archdiocese of Goa.

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This blogpost, like all the previous ones, is about OUR Faith – and not others’ beliefs.

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Interaction on the social plane is fine but we can't compromise on the tenets of the faith. Such syncretic practices are an absolute no-no.

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Read some of the many messages received from members of the laity and the clergy in response to our posts....

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It is inconceivable to us that a Catholic bulletin should ever mince words on this most basic tenet of our faith.

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Christianity and the monarchy unite Britain and the Vatican.

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Bowing before idols! If this is not a breach of the First Commandment, what is?

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