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Dalit Christian Issues, Problems and Solution- Speech by R. L. Francis
Dalit Christians caught in the Church vortex. By R.L. Francis
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There are six Cardinals in Catholic Church in India and none of them is Dalit; same is the case with 30 archbishops no Dalit Christian; out of the 175 bishops there are 9 Dalit Bishops. Among the 822 Major Superiors there are 12 Dalit Christians and out of the 25000 Catholic priests 1130 are Dalits and out of some 1 lakh nuns, only some thousands come from Dalit Christian community.
A decade ago the St Stephen's College in East Delhi had announced with much fanfare that they will provide 40 percent reservation to the Dalit Christians. Similarly, the Delhi Catholic Arch-diocese too declared 30 percent reservation to the Dalit. But the St Stephen's College stopped this provision after a couple of years and the Catholic Arch-diocese did nothing after making an announcement.
https://www.icrr.in/Encyc/2018/11/19/Dalit-christians-church-caste-in-church.html
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Caste off: The plight of Catholic Dalits in India
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Caste also affects educational and economic opportunities. As a fourth-generation Catholic and son of a teacher, Thomas was relatively well off. Still, his family didn’t have electricity until 1995. “If this is the life of the son of a teacher, what about our neighbors?” he asks.
His neighbors are more like Francis, who didn’t have access to the church’s excellent schools. Francis attended a government school through the seventh grade. “Like Jesus, never got any study,” he says with a laugh in halting English. As the language of business, English is essential to get ahead in India, but Dalit children still rarely have access to an English education
http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201301/caste-26818
క్రైస్తవం అస్పృశ్యులు ఎదగడానికి ఉపకరిస్తుందా అంటే, సమాధానం ""లేదు"" అని చెప్పాల్సి ఉంటుంది. - Vol 5, Page# 592
ఆయన చెప్పిందే నిజమైంది. ఈ దళిత క్రైస్తవుడి మాటలు వినండిDalit Christian Issues, Problems and Solution- Speech by R. L. Francis
DCLM Appeals to Pope Francis on "Caste and Discrimination of Dalits" in Catholic Church, Sept.2019
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There are six Cardinals in Catholic Church in India and none of them is Dalit; same is the case with 30 archbishops no Dalit Christian; out of the 175 bishops there are 9 Dalit Bishops. Among the 822 Major Superiors there are 12 Dalit Christians and out of the 25000 Catholic priests 1130 are Dalits and out of some 1 lakh nuns, only some thousands come from Dalit Christian community.
A decade ago the St Stephen's College in East Delhi had announced with much fanfare that they will provide 40 percent reservation to the Dalit Christians. Similarly, the Delhi Catholic Arch-diocese too declared 30 percent reservation to the Dalit. But the St Stephen's College stopped this provision after a couple of years and the Catholic Arch-diocese did nothing after making an announcement.
https://www.icrr.in/Encyc/2018/11/19/Dalit-christians-church-caste-in-church.html
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Caste off: The plight of Catholic Dalits in India
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Missionaries historically conformed to caste rules, says Father G. Cosmon Arokiaraj, who until last June served as executive secretary of the Office of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India. “They didn’t see it as diametrically opposed to the Christian faith,” he says. Winning souls was more important than opposing caste.
Today Thomas and Francis may sit next to upper-caste Christians in Delhi’s cathedral, but only decades ago a Southern Indian church built a wall down its middle so that castes could worship at the same time without seeing each other. Many churches had separate vessels for communion.Caste also affects educational and economic opportunities. As a fourth-generation Catholic and son of a teacher, Thomas was relatively well off. Still, his family didn’t have electricity until 1995. “If this is the life of the son of a teacher, what about our neighbors?” he asks.
His neighbors are more like Francis, who didn’t have access to the church’s excellent schools. Francis attended a government school through the seventh grade. “Like Jesus, never got any study,” he says with a laugh in halting English. As the language of business, English is essential to get ahead in India, but Dalit children still rarely have access to an English education
http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201301/caste-26818
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