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Alphonsa dedicated herself to Jesus at age 7
Kottayam :: India | about 1 year ago
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Kerala nun Sister Alphonsa, who at the age of seven had dedicated herself to serving Jesus Christ, calling him "my divine Spouse", was greatly disturbed when her family decided to get her married at 13. She prayed fervently and even contemplated disfiguring...
Tags: Alphonsamma, Kerala, sister alphonsa
India gets its first woman saint
Vatican City :: Vatican City | about 1 year ago
Credibility A Catholic nun, Sister Alphonsa, has been made India's first female saint, at an event presided over by Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. The canonisation was greeted with delight by Christians in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where Sister Alphonsa...
Tags: Pope Benedict XVI, Indian, Press Trust of India, sisters alphonsa, Saint Alphonsa, Sister Alphonsa, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Benedict XVI, woman saint, Vatican
Goans on road to sainthood
Kottayam :: India | about 1 year ago
Credibility On Sunday, when a Kerala nun becomes St Alphonsa and joins hundreds of others on the altar, India will have it's first ethnic saint. Through the centuries, only one half-Indian, St Goncalo Garcia, martyred in Japan, has been raised to the altar. In a...
Tags: India, Sister Alphonsa, Alphonsa Muttathupadathu, St Alphonsa, Kerala, The Roman Catholic Church, woman saints, Bharananganam, Pope Benedict XVI, silent sufferings
India to get first female Roman Catholic saint
New Delhi :: India | about 1 year ago
Credibility India is expected to get its first female Roman Catholic saint on Sunday at a time when Christians have increasingly come under attack in the predominantly Hindu country. Christian leaders hailed the move to canonize Sister Alphonsa, a nun from southern...
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Kerala-born nun to be made saint by Pope on Oct 12
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | about 1 year ago
Credibility The 2000-year old Christianity in India will soon have its first woman saint with Pope Benedict XIV concluding the long-drawn process of canonisation of Kerala-born Sister Alphonsa at Vatican on October 12. While the Pope will be leading the ceremonies...
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India to get its first female saint, and it's not Teresa
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | about 1 year ago
Credibility For the first time in the 2000-year history of the Catholic Church, a woman, popularly known as Sister Alphonsa from Kottayam, Kerala, will be declared a saint by Pope Benedict XVI. She will be canonised on October 12, a meeting of the Vatican�s
Tags: teresa, Sister Alphonsa, Kerala, Mother Teresa
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