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By Jules Gomes, Church Militant, March 28, 2023

Goan faithful blast Cardinal-Patriarch for promoting religious syncretism

GOA, India (ChurchMilitant.com) – At an annual festival in the town of Cuncolim, Goa, Catholics in the former Portuguese colony (first evangelized by St. Francis Xavier) have joined Hindus in worshipping the goddess of destruction.

In a display of unabashed syncretism, significant numbers of Catholics are offering flowers, coconuts, fruits, rice, milk, sweetmeats and incense sticks to the idols of Shantadurga Kunkalikarin, a Hindu deity also known as Durga, the goddess of destruction. …

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