Dalit Catholics in India see new cardinal as a sign of hope
India getting its first Dalit cardinal is sign “miracles can always happen,” according to one Dalit activist in the country.
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by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2022 | caste, Church in Asia, Church in India, Dalit Christians, Dalits, India, lead, News | 0 |
India getting its first Dalit cardinal is sign “miracles can always happen,” according to one Dalit activist in the country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 8, 2022 | Apostolic Nuncio, caste, Church in Asia, Church in India, Dalit Christians, Dalits, India, Indian Bishops, lead, News, Tamils | 0 |
Pope Francis’s representative to India insists that caste status plays no role in the selection of bishops in the country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 5, 2022 | Apostolic Nuncio, caste, Church in Asia, Church in India, Dalit Christians, Dalits, India, lead, News, Tamils | 0 |
A delegation of Dalit Christians said they were “highly disappointed” with a meeting with the Vatican ambassador to India.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 13, 2020 | caste, Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Church in India, Dalit Christians, Dalits, India, News, second | 0 |
Archbishop Antony Anandarayar of Pondicherry and Cuddalore says he will do what is needed to eradicate all forms of caste-based discrimination in the archdiocese.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 28, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, caste, Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Church in India, Dalit Christians, Dalits, India, lead, News | 0 |
Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), evoked the Black Lives Movement, he has called for equal rights for India’s marginalized Dalit community.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 25, 2020 | Canonization, caste, Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Church in India, India, lead, News, saints and martyrs | 0 |
A Vatican decree this weekend announced a miracle had been approved for Blessed Devasahayam, clearing the way for his canonization. However, when Devasahayam was declared a Blessed in 2012, the name used was Devasahayam Pillai.
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