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Sr. Maria Nirmalini, superior general of the Apostolic Carmel congregation, assumed the role of president of the Conference of Religious in India in January. (Thomas Scaria)

Q&A with Sr. Maria Nirmalini, new president of the conference of women and men religious in India

by Thomas Scaria
Mar 3, 2022

Sr. Maria Nirmalini, unanimously elected president of Conference of Religious in India, plans to encourage sisters to realize their strengths and assert their dignity as God's chosen women.

A front view of the Additional District and Sessions Court in Kottayam, Kerala, India, where a not-guilty verdict was pronounced Jan. 14 in favor of Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun multiple times (M.A. Salim)

After bishop's acquittal, India's Catholics weigh jurisprudence, church progress against abuse

by Saji Thomas
Jan 29, 2022

Weeks after a not-guilty verdict was pronounced in favor of Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, assessments raise questions of fairness, influence and progress in the church's response to abuse accusations.

Indian cardinal says religion should never be basis for citizenship

As India continued to experience violent protests against a controversial citizenship law, Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai said citizenship should never be based on a person's religion.

Church reform requires decentralization, synodality

by Thomas Reese
Feb 11, 2016

Faith and Justice: No governance system is perfect since it has to be run by fallible human beings. But the church's current highly centralized system has come under heavy fire.

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