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 ...

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 ...

Vatican City, Oct 12 (IANS) 'She suffered herself to heal the suffering of others,' is how Pope Benedict XVI poignantly described Kerala nun Sister Alphonsa while declaring her a saint at 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 ...

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday released a set of commemorative coins to mark the birth centenary of the first Indian woman Catholic Saint Alphonsa, who was canonized in Vatican last ...