Caste Inside the Catholic Church: The Vadakkankulam Caste Wall and the Case That Must Be Confronted
The Catholic Church teaches that every person possesses equal dignity and that baptism creates one family in Christ. Yet Holy Family Church, Vadakkankulam, was physically divided by caste — walls separated Catholic worshippers by birth. The dispute reached the Madras High Court in 1916.
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The Catholic Church teaches that every person possesses equal dignity and that baptism creates one family in Christ. Yet Holy Family Church, Vadakkankulam, was physically divided by caste — walls separated Catholic worshippers by birth. The dispute reached the Madras High Court in 1916.
Roberto de Nobili: The Missionary Who Adopted an Indian Way of Life
Long before the great façade of Holy Family Church rose above Vadakkankulam, a quiet revolution had already begun in the Catholic mission of Tamil country — led by an Italian Jesuit who believed that accepting Christ did not require an Indian to become culturally European.