For the Gospel to become credible in a caste-divided society, the Church must demonstrate that the communion it proclaims is also the communion it practices.
The Church is called to be a community where human beings are received not according to caste, social status, family background, or political influence, but according to the grace of God. Yet, in many places,…
Held from October 23 to 26 at the Pastoral Centre in Jammu, the NDCW programme drew participants from Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Telangana, and Delhi. It is part of a series of leadership initiatives NDCW is conducting in various states to prepare them as future leaders in the struggle for equality.
Jammu: About 35 Christian youth gathered in Jammu for a leadership training programme organised by the National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW) to develop strategies to address caste-based discrimination in their churches, schools, colleges and wider…
By Robancy A Helen, India Raphael Vellankanni, a research scholar of history at Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, received the “Dr. James Massey Subaltern Studies Award” for his book “The Church of the Poor: A Liberating Ecclesiology from Tamil Nadu Church from Evangelii Gaudium.” Vellankanni hails from Chingleput in Tamil Nadu, south India, and is now […]
By Robancy A Helen, India Raphael Vellankanni, a research scholar of history at Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, received the "Dr. James Massey Subaltern Studies Award" for his book "The Church of the Poor: A Liberating…
By Robancy A Helen Cuddalore, October 1, 2022: Anthony Poola, the newly appointed Cardinal, is the face of the Dalit Christians in India. It is the first time in Indian Church history that a Dalit Archbishop has been elevated to the rank of Cardinal. Cardinal Poola was installed on August 27, 2022, together with 19 others. […]
By Robancy A Helen Cuddalore, October 1, 2022: Anthony Poola, the newly appointed Cardinal, is the face of the Dalit Christians in India. It is the first time in Indian Church history that a Dalit Archbishop…
By Robancy A Helen National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW), a civil society organization, conducted the Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka state chapters in August-September. NDCW campaigns and advocates for an inclusive and casteless church and society and works as a watchdog to protect the rights of Dalit Christians. It also takes up facts and […]
By Robancy A Helen National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW), a civil society organization, conducted the Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka state chapters in August-September. NDCW campaigns and advocates for an inclusive and casteless church…
They want nothing less than the abolition of discrimination based on religious bias and bigotry By John Dayal Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, as the powerful chair of the United Progressive Alliance that ruled India some years ago, once told a small, but high-level, Catholic delegation she met at her official residence, that the best chance […]
They want nothing less than the abolition of discrimination based on religious bias and bigotry By John Dayal Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, as the powerful chair of the United Progressive Alliance that ruled India some…
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 19, 2022: The federal government’s reported move to set up a national commission to study the socio-economic and educational status of Dalit converts to Christianity and Islam will prolong the issue of granting reservation to the poorest in the country, bemoan Christian activists. The national media on September 19 […]
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 19, 2022: The federal government’s reported move to set up a national commission to study the socio-economic and educational status of Dalit converts to Christianity and Islam will prolong…
By Ashu Peter Mattoo Jammu, September 4, 2022: The Jammu chapter of the National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW) met with its national dignitaries on September 4. The event took place at St. Peter’s High School, Jammu to discuss and inculcate each other’s views on the present affairs of the Dalit Christian community nationally and state-wise. Sister […]
By Ashu Peter Mattoo Jammu, September 4, 2022: The Jammu chapter of the National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW) met with its national dignitaries on September 4. The event took place at St. Peter’s High School, Jammu…
By DCD Reporter Father P. Antonysamy, former Vicar General of the Pondicherry Archdiocese and Dalit rights activist, died on September 5. He was 82. His death was due to old age, said Dr. V. A. Rameshnathan, former general secretary of the National Dalit Movement for Justice. The deceased priest was the maternal uncle of Rameshnathan, executive […]
By DCD Reporter Father P. Antonysamy, former Vicar General of the Pondicherry Archdiocese and Dalit rights activist, died on September 5. He was 82. His death was due to old age, said Dr. V. A. Rameshnathan,…
By Robancy A Helen Every year, September 5 is celebrated as Teachers’ Day. Like our parents, it was our teachers who moulded us to be someone in society. I remember when I was a child, we used to have special events to felicitate our teachers. I have come across many teachers in life, from primary […]
By Robancy A Helen Every year, September 5 is celebrated as Teachers’ Day. Like our parents, it was our teachers who moulded us to be someone in society. I remember when I was a child,…
