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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Sister Alphonsa became the first Indian woman to be canonised as a saint, the students of priesthood at the 110-year-old Saint Charles Seminary in the city are now keen to know more about her.

Kerala-born Sister Alphonsa is now Saint Alphonsa after she was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI at a ceremony at St Peter's Square today. Kerala nun Sister Alphonsa became Saint Alphonsa after she was ...

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 ...