Sister Alphonsa

First Indian nun to be canonised in Vatican today

Mohit Joshi 12 October 2008

First Indian nun to be canonised in Vatican todayVatican, Oct 12 : Sister Alphonsa from Kerala will become the first nun from the country to be canonised by the Vatican today.

The date was announced after a formal meeting of the Pope and other cardinals in the Vatican on March 1.

Her beatification - that is recognition by the Church of a dead person''s accession to heaven - was ordered by the then Pope, Pope John Paul II, during his visit to Kerala in 1986.

Sister Alphonsa was born at Kudamaloor in Kottayam District in 1910. She joined the Clarist congregation.

Roman Catholic Church to accord sainthood to Sister Alphonsa from India

Mohit Joshi 3 March 2008

Sister AlphonsaKottayam (Kerala), Mar 3 : Sister Alphonsa from Kerala will become the f