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by bcadmin | Aug 27, 2022 | Cardinals, Church in Asia, Consistory, Consistory for Creation of Cardinals, Dalits, India, lead, News, Pope Francis | 0 |
Cardinal-elect Anthony Poola of Hyderabad, India’s first cardinal from the traditionally marginalized Dalit community, has said he wants to be a “missionary of compassion” for his people, especially youth and the poor.
Read Moreby 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 | Sep 24, 2021 | Church in Asia, Church in India, COVID-19 pandemic, Dalit Christians, Dalits, India, lead, News | 0 |
As India struggles to return to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic put the country into a crippling lockdown, the country’s marginalized Dalit community is still suffering the consequences.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 30, 2021 | Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Church in India, Dalit Christians, Dalits, India, lead, News, police brutality | 0 |
Catholic leaders in India are demanding answers after the death of a Dalit Catholic woman in custody after she was accused of stealing money from a church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 4, 2021 | Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Church in India, Dalit Christians, Dalits, India, lead, News | 0 |
Catholic activists in India are upset that a non-Dalit has been appointed to be bishop of Salem in the state of Tamil Nadu.
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 | Oct 13, 2020 | Church in India, Dalits, News | 0 |
The Jesuit priest is accused of being party to a conspiracy that led to a violent clash between Dalit, a term used to denote ‘Untouchable’ castes in India, protestors and police at Bhima Koregaon, Maharashtra on 1st January 2018.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 12, 2020 | Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Church in India, Dalit Christians, Dalits, Hindus, India, lead, News | 0 |
Indian Christians marked the annual Black Day on August 10, marking the 70th anniversary of a government decision to deny Christians and Muslims access to benefits offered to other citizens of the same caste background.
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.
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