Political and religious leaders have paid tribute to Archbishop Daniel Acharuparambil of Verapoly, the first non-European to head Rome's Pontifical Urban University. He died on Oct. 26 at the age of

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Ursuline Sister Lucy Kurian, who was on a home visit to Kerala, died Sept. 29 after she slipped and fell into a well. Sister Kurian, 58, is a member of the Ursulines of Mary immaculate community

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Church and political leaders were among the more than 20,000 mourners at the funeral of India’s first dalit bishop on Aug. 18 in Andhra Pradesh state. Bishop John Mulagada of Eluru died on Aug.

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