By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Oct 6, 2022: An Indian Catholic nun involved in rehabilitation of war victims in Ukraine has sent prayer requests as the country is under the shadow of a nuclear war. Sister Ligi Payyappilly, who has been working in Ukraine for the past two decades, sent aContinue Reading
By Ligi Payyappilly Mukachevo, April 22: What is it to live Good Friday in the war-torn Ukraine? Sister Ligi Payyappilly, a Catholic nun from India’s Kerala state, shares her experience of the war from her mission in Mukachevo, a city in western Ukraine. “This war has become our Good Friday,”Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangalore, March 15, 2022: Little Michael was born Feb. 23, a day before Russian invaded Ukraine. After spending five days in a bunker, he felt safe in the arms of a Catholic nun. Sister Ligi Payyappilly, an Indian nun who has been sheltering refugees in her conventContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mukachevo, March 7, 2022: An Indian Catholic nun and her associates are working round-the-clock to help stranded students and others fleeing war-torn Ukraine. “God is using me to save people from death in Ukraine,” said Sister Ligi Payyappilly, the 48-year-old superior of the Sisters of St. JosephContinue Reading