Discrimination of Dalits in the Church is a plain and simple truth, but not accepted forthrightly by Church hierarchy By Dr M Mary John April 17, 2023: The celebration of Easter 2023 with all the rhetoric, rituals, and mechanical yearly replication is just over and now it is time to seriously reflect on the real […]

InternationalApril 20, 2023

Resurrection of Christ is yet to happen in…

Discrimination of Dalits in the Church is a plain and simple truth, but not accepted forthrightly by Church hierarchy By Dr M Mary John April 17, 2023: The celebration of Easter 2023 with all the…

By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 23, 2022: The Catholic Church in India should seriously address the existence of casteism within its fold as it organizes a national thanksgiving prayer for Saint Devasahayam, says the Dalit Christian Liberation Movement. The Church in India will on June 24 hold the prayer service from the tomb of the […]

NationalJune 24, 2022

Address casteism at thanksgiving for Devasahayam: Dalit group

By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 23, 2022: The Catholic Church in India should seriously address the existence of casteism within its fold as it organizes a national thanksgiving prayer for Saint Devasahayam, says the Dalit…

DCLM opposed to an upper-caste person being head of Pondicherry-Cuddalore Archdiocese A group of Dalit Catholics in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu held a protest march against the installation of a non-Dalit archbishop of Pondicherry-Cuddalore Archdiocese. The march was held on April 29 by the Dalit Christian Liberation Movement (DCLM), whose members held banners highlighting […]

NationalMay 4, 2022

India’s Dalit Christians protest installation of archbishop

DCLM opposed to an upper-caste person being head of Pondicherry-Cuddalore Archdiocese A group of Dalit Catholics in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu held a protest march against the installation of a non-Dalit archbishop…

By Matters India Reporter Pondicherry, March 21, 2022: Dalit Catholics in Tamil Nadu have protested the appointment of a non-Dalit as the archbishop of an archbishop in the southern Indian state. The Dalit Christian Liberation Movement, which leads the protest, on March 20 hoisted a black flag in the Church of Our Lady of Fatima in […]

NationalMarch 21, 2022

Pondicherry archbishop’s appointment: Dalits hoist black flag

By Matters India Reporter Pondicherry, March 21, 2022: Dalit Catholics in Tamil Nadu have protested the appointment of a non-Dalit as the archbishop of an archbishop in the southern Indian state. The Dalit Christian Liberation Movement,…

By Mary John, Chennai Vatican needs to step in to end blatant caste discrimination against the majority in choosing prelates on the subcontinent The problem of casteism and caste discrimination against Dalits within the Catholic Church in India has existed for centuries. This issue has often been raised by Dalit Christians. But over the past […]

NationalFebruary 15, 2022

Dalit Catholics struggle for representation in Indian Church

By Mary John, Chennai Vatican needs to step in to end blatant caste discrimination against the majority in choosing prelates on the subcontinent The problem of casteism and caste discrimination against Dalits within the Catholic…

By DCD Reporter Pondicherry: A delegation tells to the Apostolic Administrator to the Pondicherry-Cuddalore Archdiocese that the appointment of a Dalit Archbishop must be the need of the hour. A delegation of the Dalit Christian Liberation Movement (DCLM) led by its president Prof. Dr. M. Mary John on Feb 7 met Bishop Peter Abir Antonysamy, the […]

NationalFebruary 9, 2021

Christian movement demands Dalit Archbishop in Pondicherry-Cuddalore

By DCD Reporter Pondicherry: A delegation tells to the Apostolic Administrator to the Pondicherry-Cuddalore Archdiocese that the appointment of a Dalit Archbishop must be the need of the hour. A delegation of the Dalit Christian Liberation…

By DCD Desk Mary John Maria Susai, Ph.D. is the president of Dalit Christian Liberation Movement (DCLM), Tamil Nadu. He has been fighting for the rights of Dalit Christians. Dalit Christian Digest met him to know more about his work and DCLM Excerpts: DCLM emerged as a people’s movement in 1990-91 in protest against the centuries of […]

NationalJanuary 30, 2021

Indian Church is entrenched in caste culture: DCLM…

By DCD Desk Mary John Maria Susai, Ph.D. is the president of Dalit Christian Liberation Movement (DCLM), Tamil Nadu. He has been fighting for the rights of Dalit Christians. Dalit Christian Digest met him to know more…