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 Robancy A Helen Chennai, May 4, 2022: The demand for a Dalit Rite in the Catholic Church in India was reiterated at a conference of theologians, biblical scholars and canon law experts from the community. Caste is a stark reality and caste-based discrimination is rampant in the Catholic Church’s hierarchy, parishes and institutions, bemoans Reverend […]

NationalMay 7, 2022

Theologians renew demand for Indian Dalit Rite

By Robancy A Helen Chennai, May 4, 2022: The demand for a Dalit Rite in the Catholic Church in India was reiterated at a conference of theologians, biblical scholars and canon law experts from the community.…