The inauguration of the celebrations by President Patil. Card. Varkey Vithayathil stresses the value of the saint for our time: to return to God and give value to suffering. A world without God leads ...

Thousands of Indian Catholics cheered waving their national flag in St. Peter's Square on Sunday as Pope Benedict XVI canonized Saint Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception and called for an end to ...

Women just entering the Franciscan Clarists and others confirming their life commitment say India´s first woman saint inspired them to join Religious life. The story of Saint Alphonsa of the ...

Just weeks after the nun from Kerala was canonized, a 90-minute biopic is set for release. CHENNAI: It's almost an early Christmas gift for Catholics, especially those in Kerala. And it's also a ...

Kerala nun Sister Alphonsa became Saint Alphonsa after she was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI at a ceremony at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City on Sunday, becoming the first Indian Catholic woman to ...

More than 100,000 people from various religions attended a program celebrating the canonization of Saint Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, India´s first woman saint. From left: Former president A ...

KOCHI: On January 26, 1984, Thomas Mundakel and his wife Mary went to the tomb of St. Alphonsa at Bharananganam. Mary had been suffering from an eye ailment for a long time and when she prayed to Sr ...

BHARANANGANAM: Amid welling up of pious and fond thoughts of Saint Alphonsa as an eternal symbol of love, suffering and compassion, a commemorative coin in her name was released here on Sunday in the ...

Chennai: Kerala nun Sister Alphonsa became the first Indian woman saint around 1.42 pm (IST) on Sunday, when Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed her and three others as saints at a special ceremony held at ...

She suffered herself to heal the sufferings of others — that was how Pope Benedict XVI described the Kerala nun, Sister Alphonsa, and declared her a saint at a ceremony at St Peter’s Square in Vatican ...