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St. Francis Xavier's relics draw 12,000 in Goa, India, for decennial exposition

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/260623/st-francis-xaviers-relics-draw-12000-in-goa-india-for-decennial-exposition

I know there is a lot of bad :marseytunaktunak: stories but here is a nice one talking the faith in India

At least 12,000 people gathered in the western state of Goa, India, on Thursday for the opening of a decennial exposition of the saint's partially incorrupt remains.

The celebration takes place amid growing violence toward Indian Christians, which has "skyrocketed" according to a 2024 report by U.S. Christian leaders who urged the U.S. State Department to add India to the watchlist for religious freedom violations.

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St. Thomas Catholics are chill, if you have a Syro-Malabar or Syro-Malankar parish within driving distance I recommend checking out the :marseytunaktunak: liturgies.

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Where I live in leaf land there are a lot of Goa Catholics and St. Francis Xavier is a bigger parish in my area

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I think those are Orthodox aren't they?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syro-Malankara_Catholic_Church

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syro-Malabar_Church

No, they were one of the Eastern Churches that came back into full Communion with Rome when we returned in the colonial era (the other 21 of them mostly came back during the Crusades).

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