By Matters India Reporter Vailankanni, July 15, 2022: The Dalit Christian Liberation Movement (DCLM) has urged the Catholic bishops in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to implement the Church’s policy to empower their community. The ecumenical movement’s open letter to the prelates recalled a 10-point empowerment program ofContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: A Dalit Christian movement has urged India;’s new Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli to take steps to appoint bishops from their community in vacant dioceses in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. Such a move would “restore confidence in Dalit Catholics” and “prevent their imminent uprising inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pondicherry: More than one thousand Dalit Christians took out a rally in Pondicherry to demand the appointment of a member from their community as the next archbishop of Pondicherry-Cuddalore archdiocese. The rally was organized by the Dalit Christian Liberation Movement (DCLM) and culminated at the PondicherryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai: Dalit Christians have protested before about 45 parish churches under the Catholic archdiocese of Pondicherry-Cuddalore to press for their demands for justice and equal rights for their community in the Church. The participants of the December 20 protest submitted a memorandum to their pastors toContinue Reading