By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Feb 7, 2026: History was made February 7 when the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India elected Cardinal Antony Poola, archbishop of Hyderabad, as its president for a two-year term. The 64-year-old cardinal is the first Dalit prelate to head India’s nearly 20 million Catholics. EarlierContinue Reading
By Deborah Castellano Lubov The first “Dalit” Cardinal in history, Archbishop Anthony Poola of Hyderabad who will be created a cardinal at the August 27 Consistory, says his mission had been “to help as many poor children as possible.” Derived from Sanskrit, the word “Dalit” means “broken” or “downtrodden,” andContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 29, 2022: Catholics in India seem euphoric after Pope Francis named a Dalit from the country among the 21 new cardinals. Archbishop Anthony Poola of Hyderabad, who was born in a Dalit Catholic family in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, is amongContinue Reading
