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Wise and timely settlement of case need of the hour

Any political king, however brave and strong he may be, of the past and present times cannot be considered as God. What Father Bolmax has preached to his congregation is that  quote "Shivaji Maharaj cannot be considered as God". Fr Bolmax never said anything against the Maratha ruler, neither criticized Shivaji Maharaj.  If the Goa government, and specifically a minister thinks that despite tendering apology by Father Bolmax, action should taken, then it is nonsense. To go a little further, why action was not taken against Subash Velingkar for saying Saint Francis Xavier is not 'Goencho Saib'?

So we hope that no action will be taken against Father Bolmax and that the Goa government will act wisely to close the matter at the earliest.




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Targetting Fr Bolmax even after his apology

STEPHEN DIAS, Dona Paula
Published Aug 9, 2023, 8:18 PM IST
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There are people especially in particular a renowned doctor who has targetted Fr Bolmax for words uttered by him even after his apology.  There are number of backbone accident cases in town as people while driving two wheeler riders keep on falling  and injuring their backbones. Such doctors should concentrate in treating such patients in their clinic instead of targetting Fr Bolmax on an issue which is not his domain. People have no business advising Fr Bolmax…

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