By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 19, 2022: The federal government’s reported move to set up a national commission to study the socioeconomic and educational status of Dalit converts to Christianity and Islam will prolong the issue of granting reservation to the poorest in the country, bemoan Christian activists.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter 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 coordinatorContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: The demand for a separate Rite for Dalit Catholics is gaining momentum with many supporting it as a solution to caste-based discrimination in the Indian Church. “If this can bring about much needed respect for the Dalit Catholics and wipe out that invisible line ofContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Sept 5, 2020: The Catholic Church has deliberately sidelined Dalit priests for the appointment of bishops and other major posts, an online conference has alleged. Suitable Dalit priests are purposefully discriminated in the process of selecting bishops in the Catholic Church, says a press releaseContinue Reading