Courage, fortitude, and doggedness to seek justice for the persecuted are qualities commonly found in abundance among Advocates International’s network of lawyers. Depending on the societies in which they operate, they often require an unshakable belief in the justice of their mission to persevere through challenging times and leave a lasting impact. It is the […]

FeaturedDecember 16, 2024

Selvi Ganesh, a Beacon of Justice for the…

Courage, fortitude, and doggedness to seek justice for the persecuted are qualities commonly found in abundance among Advocates International’s network of lawyers. Depending on the societies in which they operate, they often require an unshakable…

By Robancy A. Helen The Christian Arunthiyar Rights Movement organized the 40th day memorial for P. Jayaseelan, the general secretary at Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council, Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (TNBC Commission for SC/ST, Udhaya Deepam), in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, on July 17. Bishop P. Thomas Paulsamy, president of the TNBC Commission for […]

ProfilesJuly 19, 2023

Christian Arunthiyar Rights Movement remembers its leader on…

By Robancy A. Helen The Christian Arunthiyar Rights Movement organized the 40th day memorial for P. Jayaseelan, the general secretary at Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council, Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (TNBC Commission for…

By Robancy A Helen Trichy, November 26, 2022: A Catholic priest of the Thanjavur diocese in Tamil Nadu, south India, met with a road accident and died on November 25. He was 50 years old. Father S. Arockia Sundaram was serving as the parish priest of the newly erected Gnanam Nagar Parish since 2017. Simple […]

ProfilesNovember 27, 2022

Dalit priest of Thanjavur diocese dies in a…

By Robancy A Helen Trichy, November 26, 2022: A Catholic priest of the Thanjavur diocese in Tamil Nadu, south India, met with a road accident and died on November 25. He was 50 years old.…

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 […]

ProfilesNovember 4, 2022

Dalit Christian from Tamil Nadu bags ‘Dr. James…

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 DCD Reporter Marking the birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, April has been observed as Dalit History month in India, Canada and the United States of America. This is observed to remember the important people and events in the history of the Dalits or the Scheduled Castes.  This annual feast is celebrated in April […]

ProfilesApril 12, 2021

A man of History: Tribute to Fr Vinoth…

By DCD Reporter Marking the birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, April has been observed as Dalit History month in India, Canada and the United States of America. This is observed to remember the important…

New Delhi: Dalit groups such as the National Council of Dalit Christians have been demanding human dignity and equality within the Church. On March 10, the council urged Pope Francis to create a separate ritual Church for Dalit Catholics to end their centuries-old discrimination. Council coordinator Franklin Caesar Thomas spoke to Matters India about their new […]

ProfilesMarch 12, 2021

Caste-biased clergy ruined Dalit Catholics: Franklin Caesar Thomas

New Delhi: Dalit groups such as the National Council of Dalit Christians have been demanding human dignity and equality within the Church. On March 10, the council urged Pope Francis to create a separate ritual Church…

By DCD Reporter Salesian Father Arul Valan has been working for the rights of the most marginalized Thurumbar people, a Dalit community in Tamil Nadu. Through Thurumbar Liberation Movement (TLM), an NGO that he founded, Father Valan’s rallying points have been for their dignity, respect and eradication of discrimination for last two decades. Some of […]

ProfilesJanuary 25, 2021

Battle with soul: Thurumbar Dalits’ rights in Tamil…

By DCD Reporter Salesian Father Arul Valan has been working for the rights of the most marginalized Thurumbar people, a Dalit community in Tamil Nadu. Through Thurumbar Liberation Movement (TLM), an NGO that he founded,…