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Emulate Saint Alphonsa's concern for others: Kalam Press Trust of India, India - 19 hours ago Lakhs take part Saint Alphonsa's function in Kerala Times of India Thanksgiving held for Saint Alphonsa in Kerala Newstrack India Devotees visit Saint Alphonsa's grotto on Sunday IBNLive.com

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പൊതുസമ്മേളനവും ക്രതഞജതാബലിയും Alphonsa.net, India  2008 നവംമ്പര്‍ 9, ഞായറാഴ്ച ഭരണങ്ങാനം അല്‍ഫോന്‍സാ നഗറില്‍ കൂടുതല്‍ വിവരങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് ഇവിടെ ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്യൂ

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Alphonsa’s friend feels blessed to witness her canonisation Indian Express, India - Kozhikode, October 11 When Sister Alphonsa will be canonised on Sunday at Vatican as the first Indian-born Catholic saint, her only living colleague, ... Kerala awaits Sr. Alphonsa’s canonisation Hindu Commemorative coin to be issued in honour of Sister Alphonsa Sify Sister Alphonsa makes Kottayam proud NDTV.com Catholic Online - Hindu

Hindu

“First Woman Saint of India” Hindu, India -  The news that Blessed Alphonsa will be canonized by his Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in Rome on October 12, 2008 has been received by the Catholics of India ... M'lore: Blessed Alphonsa Church to Celebrate Beatification of Sr ... Daijiworld.com She blended love and faith Hindu A role model for sanctified life Hindu

Sr Alphonsa to be made first Indian saint today Deccan Herald, India - Those who have converged at the Alphonsa chapel joined the marathon prayers which began since Saturday evening. The first liturgical service in her name ...

Hindu

A role model for humility Hindu, India - St. Alphonsa was a poor Franciscan Clarist sister. While at home Annakutty’s eager desire was to join a poor congregation and she used to pray for it. ...

Hindu

“My childhood friend was a saint” Hindu, India - Annakkutty, who later became Sister Alphonsa, died over 60 years ago. On Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI will canonise her as the first woman saint from the ...

AFP	Indian Catholics cheer their first woman saint AFP - Oct 8, 2008 A large number of Indian clergy and pilgrims are expected to attend the special mass at the Vatican for Sister Alphonsa Muttathupadathu, who died in 1946 at ...

Chandigarh Tribune

Nun so blessed Chandigarh Tribune, India -  Oct 2008 A daughter of the family, Alphonsa, will become the first Indian saint of the Catholic Church. On the eve of canonisation, her nephew Kurian C. ...

Oscar Fernandes to lead team to Sister Alphonsa canonization Fresh News, India - Oct 7, 2008 Alphonsa's name for canonization was cleared by Pope Benedict XVI on June 1, 2007, after a 55-year-long process at the Vatican. Besides Oscar, the 13-member ... Time to govern or get out Central Chronicle all 2 news articles »

INDIA Thousands From Kerala To Attend Blessed Alphonsa's Canonization
Union of Catholic Asian News, Asia - Oct 6, 2008
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (UCAN) -- More than 7000 people from Kerala state are expected to attend the canonization of Blessed Alphonsa, India's first woman ...

Synod: Anti-Christian violence emerges as key concern
NCR Conversation Cafe, MO -
By JOHN L. ALLEN JR. Violence against Christians worldwide, in hotspots ranging from Iraq to India, has emerged as a key concern during the Synod of Bishops ...

Pope: I pray every day for the Christians in Iraq and India AsiaNews.it, Italy -  Benedict XVI invites the Indian faithful to rejoice in the new saint canonized today, and demands that the authors of violence in Orissa and in other states ...

Kerala nun`s journey to `Sainthood` Zee News, India - Sister Alphonsa is the first woman and only the second Christian from India to be 'Canonised' and conferred 'Sainthood' by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday ie ...

Bells chime in Kerala as devout mark sainthood of Alphonsa Thaindian.com, Thailand - Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 12 (IANS) Bells tolled across Catholic churches in Kerala Sunday and tears of joy rolled down the cheeks of the devout as far away ...

Four new saints created TeleText, UK - Pope Benedict XVI has given the Roman Catholic church four new saints, including an Indian woman. The honour for Sister Alphonsa of the Immaculate ...

SR. ALPHONSA'S MIRACLE CURED THE BOY Star of Mysore, India -  Mysore, Oct. 12 (KCU) Many may not be aware that the miraculous cure of a 10-year-old boy Jinil Merin Shaji from Kerala has eventually led to the ...

Alphonsa becomes ‘Saint’ Great Indian Mutiny, India - As a practicing Indian Catholic, it fills me with immense pride to know that one of our own has become a Saint. Sister Alphosa became Saint Alphosa today at ...

Orissa Christians hold special prayers for Sister Alphonsa SINDH TODAY, Pakistan - 15 hours ago Bhubaneswar, Oct 12 (IANS) Thousands of Christians across Orissa, including those living in relief camps in troubled Kandhamal district, offered special ...

Story of India’s first saint, her suffering and glory Indian Catholic, India A painting of Blessed AlphonsaBEING the first Indian woman to be accorded the title and status of a saint by the Catholic Church, it is a matter of ...

Indian cardinal in Rome for Alponsa canonisation takes ill Thaindian.com, Thailand  New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, head of the Indian Catholic delegation that is in Vatican City for the canonisation of Kerala nun ...

Canonization brings thousands to saint's tomb Indian Catholic, India  Thousands of Christians are flocking to this tiny village since Saturday night to celebrate the planned canonization of the Catholic nun, who lived inside a ...

Kerala nun to become India's 1st woman saint Times Now.tv, India Sister Alphonsa, a nun from Kerala will be cannonised by the Vatican today (Sunday 12), marking the culmination of the process initiated over 50 years ago. ...

From silent suffering to India’s first saint Calcutta Telegraph, India  New Delhi/Kottayam, Oct. 11: India will get its first Catholic saint tomorrow when Sister Alphonsa of Kerala is canonised at the international Synod of ...

Sr Alphonsa to be made first Indian saint today Deccan Herald, India  Tens of thousands of pilgrims have thronged Bharananganam, a small town in Kottayam district, as just hours remain for the conferment of sainthood on its ...

India's First Woman Saint to be Canonised Vatican Radio, The Vatican  (11 Oct 08 - RV) Pope Benedict will tomorrow canonise India’s first woman Saint in a ceremony in St Peter’s Square. Sr Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception ...

M'lore: Blessed Alphonsa Church to Celebrate Beatification of Sr ... Daijiworld.com, India Mangalore, Oct 11: Blessed Alphonsa Church in Kankanady here will be be organising its annual festival on Sunday October 12, the day on which Pope Benedict ...

Three US Churches Named After New Saint New America Media, CA  Three churches in the United States were named after Sister Alphonsa even before her canonization by Pope Benedict XVI on October 12 in the Vatican, ...

Priest heads to Vatican for relative's canonization Ocala, FL - Oct 11, 2008 By Anthony Violanti She was a Clarist nun who led a simple, humble life marked by physical suffering she dedicated to God. The Rev. ...

Sister Alphonsa to be conferred sainthood on Sunday Howrah News Service, India - Oct 11, 2008 Two millennia of Indian Christianity will have its greatest moment of joy and pride when Pope Benedict XVI elevates Kerala-born Sister Alphonsa to the ...

A second saint India Today, India - Oct 11, 2008 October 12 will be a golden day in the 2000-year history of India's Christian community. Sister Alphonsa Muttathupadath (1910-1946) of Kerala will become ...

Film on sister Alphonsa Galatta.com, India - Oct 10, 2008 Director duo Jayeendra Sharma and Jose Roopakala will soon direct a film based on the real life of sister Alphonsa, the first Indian woman who will soon be ...

10000 to participate in Sister Alphonsa`s canonisation Zee News, India - Oct 10, 2008 Kottayam, Oct 10: Nearly 10000 people, mostly Keralite Christians, are expected to participate in the canonisation of Sister Alphonsa in Vatican on October ...

INDIA Sister Nirmala Meets Orissa Chief Minister, Prays With Him ... Union of Catholic Asian News, Asia - Oct 8, 2008 BHUBANESWAR, India (UCAN) -- The head of the Missionaries of Charity congregation met the chief minister of Orissa on Oct. 7 to express the Church's concern ...

Pope canonises India's Sister Alphonsa NDTV.com, India - PTI A nun from a remote Kerala village, Sister Alphonsa, who passed away 62 years ago, was on Sunday canonised as India's first woman saint by Pope Benedict ...

Family Blames Soldier's Suicide on Anti-Malaria Drug Lariam Known ... Washington Post, United States - By Kari Lydersen CHICAGO -- Juan Torres didn't believe that his son, Army Reservist Juan "John" M. Torres, had killed himself in Afghanistan just weeks ...

Va. Panel's Approval of Power Line Stirs Dismay Washington Post, United States - Oct 11, 2008 By Nick Miroff Opponents of Dominion Virginia Power's plan to build a massive transmission line through parts of western Prince William County reacted with ...

An Advanced Degree in the Splendors of Autumn Washington Post, United States - Oct 10, 2008 At Yale's campus in New Haven, visitors to Connecticut can enjoy the sights of the fall season. For those seeking more nature and less civilization, ...

India gets first woman saint
Deccan Herald, India - 1 hour ago
A nun from a remote Kerala village, Sister Alphonsa, who passed away 62 years ago, was canonised as India's first woman saint by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday ...

Sister Alphonsa becomes India's first woman saint GulfNews, United Arab Emirates  Vatican City: Kerala's Sister Alphonsa became Saint Alphonsa after she was canonised by Pope Benedict on Sunday. The canonisation at St. Peter's Square ...

Kerala nun is India's first woman saint Times Now.tv, India  Kerala born Sister Alphonsa has become India's first woman saint, after Pope Benedict XVI conferred sainthood on Sister Alphonsa and three others from ...

Govt. to issue coin in honour of Sister Alphonsa
Hindu, India - Oct 11, 2008
New Delhi (PTI) The government on Saturday said it has decided to issue a commemorative coin in the honour of Sister Alphonsa, who will be canonized as a ...

Commemorative coin to be issued in honour of Sister Alphonsa Sify, India - Oct 11, 2008 New Delhi: The Indian government will issue a commemorative coin in honour of Sister Alphonsa, who will be canonized by the Pope as a Saint at the Vatican ...

Kerala town rejoices for native saint-to-be Hindu, India - Oct 11, 2008 Kottayam (IANS): There was much excitement in Kerala's Bharananganam town on Saturday as people converged in large numbers to attend special prayers being ...

FACTBOX-Christians in India, a tiny group Reuters India, India - Oct 10, 2008 Oct 11 (Reuters) - A Roman Catholic nun, Sister Alphonsa, will become India's first woman saint on Sunday when she is canonised by Pope Benedict at the ...

India's first woman saint cheers riot-hit Christians Reuters - Oct 10, 2008 TRIVANDRUM, India (Reuters) - Thousands of Christians were flocking to a small town in southern India on Saturday to celebrate the planned canonization of a ...

First Indian nun to be canonised tomorrow NDTV.com, India - Oct 10, 2008 All eyes are now on the Vatican where the canonisation of Indian nun Alphonsa will take place on Sunday. The Vatican radio -- the official channel of ...

God’s own saints Indian Express, India - Oct 10, 2008 Thiruvananthapuram, October 10 After Sister Alphonsa, who will be declared the first woman Catholic saint from India on October 12 at the Vatican by Pope ...

India to get first female Roman Catholic saint The Associated Press - Oct 10, 2008 NEW DELHI (AP) — India is expected to get its first female Roman Catholic saint on Sunday at a time when Christians have increasingly come under attack in ...

Kerala-born nun to be first Indian saint NDTV.com, India - Oct 10, 2008 It's an event that has come after centuries in the Indian catholic church. Thousands of Indians will come together at the Vatican in Rome on Sunday as the ...

Indian Catholics celebrate first woman saint Daily Times, Pakistan - Oct 9, 2008 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A young Roman Catholic nun who once disfigured herself to avoid marriage will become India’s first woman saint on Sunday when she is ...

Sister Alphonsa's canonization: Indian team leaves for Vatican Times of India, India - Oct 9, 2008 NEW DELHI: A 13-member official Indian delegation, led by Union labour minister Oscar Fernandes, left on Thursday night for the Vatican to attend the ...

Indian delegation heads to Vatican for Sister Alphonsa’s canonisation The Statesman, India - Oct 9, 2008 New Delhi, Oct 9: Cutting across political lines, prominent Catholic leaders led by Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes left for the Vatican Thursday night as ...

CCN celebrates St. Alphonsa’s Cannonisation MorungExpress, India - Indian catholic Christians walk in a procession, holding a portrait of Sister Alphonsa, celebrating her canonization in Vatican, in Calcutta, India, Sunday, ...

Pope canonized four as saints United Press International  VATICAN CITY, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- An estimated 25000 people watched Sunday as Pope Benedict XVI canonized four saints of the Roman Catholic Church, ...

Pope canonizes Indian nun Times of the Internet, Ohio  Pope Benedict XVI Sunday formally canonized Sister Alphonsa as the first Indian woman to be elevated to sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church. ...

Indian Catholic Nun Becomes First Female To Attain Sainthood AHN  New Delhi, India (AHN) - A Catholic nun, Sister Alphonsa, who passed away 62 years ago, became India's first female saint after Pope Benedict XVI conferred ...

India's first woman saint should inspire other Priests and Nuns to ... India Daily, NJ - Pope Benedict created India's first woman saint on Sunday. Church bells rang and firecrackers went off as India's faithful followed the Vatican ceremony on ...

Kerala joyous over Sister Alphonsa sainthood Khabrein.info, India Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 12: With pealing church bells and joyful psalms, the faithful in Kerala celebrated the ascension of Sister Alphonsa to sainthood on ...

Shah Rukh Khan will make a superhero movie Daily News & Analysis, India  Shah Rukh Khan will make a superhero movie titled Ra.1. The actor-producer has come up with this unique title for the hi-tech sci-fi film, which Anubhav ...

Blessed Alphonsa canonized by Pope Benedict, becomes India's first ... IBTimes India, CA By Staff Reporter Amid despairing news of Christian persecution in Orissa, Indian Roman Catholics have something to rejoice about: Pope Benedict XVI ...

Holy Father urges the faithful to pray for Christians in India and ... Catholic News Agency, CO - 5 hours ago Vatican City, Oct 12, 2008 / 11:03 am (CNA).- Following the canonization Mass for four new saints, Pope Benedict XVI greeted the pilgrims present inviting ...

Pope elevates four people to sainthood | KXNet.com North Dakota News KXMC, ND AP Pope Benedict proclaimed them during a ceremony this morning in St. Peter's Square. They include the first Indian woman to become a saint, ...

The day Kerala devouts remained glued to TV Thaindian.com, Thailand  Kozhikode, Oct 12 (IANS) The melody of Gregorian chants invited visitors to catholic institutions in Kerala Sunday afternoon, as the devout remained glued ...

India's Sister Alphonsa Conferred Sainthood
RTT News, NY 
(RTTNews) - Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI canonised Sister Alphonsa, the first officially declared woman saint from India, together with three other blessed. ...

Vasant Kunj church renamed after St Alphonsa
Times of India, India 
NEW DELHI: The canonization of Sister Alphonsa in faraway Vatican on Sunday meant celebration for a six-year-old church in Vasant Kunj. ...

Attack on Indian Christians worries Pope NDTV.com, India Pope Benedict XVI has raised concern over the attacks on Christians in some states of India in a meeting with Indian delegates. ...

Catholic Church celebrates Alphonsa’s canonisation Hindu, India  BHARANANGANAM (Kottayam district): Even as Sr. Alphonsa was raised to the realm of saints by the Vatican on Sunday, the Catholic Church back home celebrated ...

Saint Alphonsa of God’s Own Country Hindustan Times, India  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 ...

Pope Canonizes India's First Female Saint Voice of America By VOA News Pope Benedict has elevated an Indian nun credited with curing children's physical deformities to be the country's first female Catholic saint. ...

Festive atmosphere at St Alphonsa's home town Hindu, India  Kottayam (PTI): A festive atmosphere prevailed as crackers were burst and fireworks lit up the skies at nearby Bharnanganam and Kudamaloor, the native of ...

India gets its first woman saint BBC News, UK  By Alan Johnston 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. ...

My prayers are with Christians in India: Pope Sify, India  Vatican City: Pope Benedict XVI has urged the perpetrators of anti-Christian violence in India to renounce their acts and “join with their brothers and ...

Cardinal Vithayathil hospitalised at Vatican Hindu, India  Kochi (PTI): Cardinal Mar Varkey Vithayathil from Kerala, who is in the Vatican to participate in the canonisation ceremony of Sister Alphonsa, was admitted ...

Pope should not have commented on anti-Christian violence: BJP Press Trust of India, India  New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI) The BJP today took exception to the remarks of Pope Benedict XVI on violence against Christians in India saying a religious head ...

Catholics in Delhi celebrate over Sr. Alphonsa's sainthood Hindu, India New Delhi, Oct 12 (PTI): Church bells peeled across the national capital and special prayers were held as Sister Alphonsa, a Catholic nun from Kerala who ...

Renounce acts of violence: Pope Press Trust of India, India  Vatican City (Rome), Oct 12 (PTI) Pope Benedict XVI today made sharp reference to the anti-Christian violence in India and asked its perpetrators to ...

India gets its first female saint International Herald Tribune, France  AP VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI created India's first woman saint Sunday and denounced anti-Christian violence in that country and in Iraq. ...

India's Catholics celebrate first woman saint Globe and Mail, Canada  VATICAN CITY and BHARANANGANAM — Pope Benedict created India's first woman saint on Sunday and appealed for an end to anti-Christian violence there that has ...

Kerala nun becomes India's first woman saint Times of India, India  VATICAN: Sister Alphonsa, who was born in Kerala, is now Saint Alphonsa. She was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at a ceremony at St Peter's Square on Sunday ...

Sister Alphonsa gets rare honours after sainthood Hindu, India Vatican City (PTI): The name of Sister Alphonsa, who on Sunday became the first woman saint from India to be conferred Sainthood, can be invoked during ...

Indian Christians celebrate canonisation of first woman saint AFP  VATICAN CITY (AFP) — About 40000 people attended a ceremony Sunday at which Pope Benedict XVI canonised four new saints, among them Sister Alfonsa, ...

Sister Alphonsa from Kerala becomes first Indian woman saint Hindu, India  Vatican City (PTI): Sister Alphonsa, a nun from a remote village in Kerala who passed away 62 years ago, on Sunday became the first woman saint from India ...

Pope condemns violence against Christians in Iraq, India AFP  VATICAN CITY (AFP) — Pope Benedict XVI condemned on Sunday violence perpetrated against Christians in India and Iraq. "I invite you to pray for peace and ...

Sister Alphonsa becomes India's first woman saint Economic Times, India  VATICAN CITY: Kerala nun Sister Alphonsa became Saint Alphonsa after she was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI at a ceremony at St Peter's Square here on ...

Pope canonises first Indian saint The Age, Australia  Pope Benedict XVI has celebrated a mass to canonise India's first saint, Sister Alfonsa, who died in 1946 aged 36. The ceremony took place in the Vatican in ...

Thousands throng sister Alphonsa's tomb Hindu, India  Kottayam (PTI): Thousands of worshippers have thronged the tomb of Sister Alphonsa, who will be declared a Saint by Pope Benedict XVI at a ceremony at the ...

Sister Alphonsa becomes first Indian woman to be canonised Hindu, India - Kochi (PTI): Sister Alphonsa, a Catholic nun from Kerala, was on Sunday elevated as Saint by Pope Benedict XVI at a solemn function at the Vatican, ...

Pope creates 4 new saints, including Indian woman The Associated Press  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday gave the Roman Catholic church four new saints, including an Indian woman whose canonization is seen as a ...

Indian community celebrates first woman saint RTE.ie, Ireland  They attended Mass in Mary Immaculate Church in Inchicore as Pope Benedict XVI elevated Sister Alphonsa Muttathupadathu to sainthood in St Peter's Square in ...

Sister Alphonsa is now India's first woman saint NDTV.com, India  PTI Sister Alphonsa, who belonged to Kottayam in Kerala, has become the first woman from India and second from Indian Roman Catholic church to get canonised ...

Kerala nun becomes India's fist woman saint Times of India, India  Sister Alphonsa Bharanangnam near Kottayam in Kerala has becomes the first woman from India and second from Indian Roman Catholic church to get canonised. ...

Indian Catholics fete country's first woman saint AFP BHARANANGANAM, India (AFP) — A Roman Catholic nun is to be made India's first female saint by Pope Benedict XVI in a televised ceremony on Sunday. ...

India's Christians celebrate first woman saint
Reuters UK, UK 
By D.Jose BHARANANGANAM, India (Reuters) - Thousands of Christians in India's southern Kerala state are attending special prayers ahead of the canonization ...