A Catholic church in Kerala was recently transformed into a makeshift hospital to help elderly and bedridden people participate in religious ser-vices during the Lent. The St Joseph’ Church parish in North Chalakudy under the Irinjala-kuda diocese on March 15 brought to the church some 90 elderly people to honor and recognize them. They included 15 bedridden and three on wheelchairs.

India’s poor deserve better than this
Concerns are being raised about whether the needs of poor and marginalized communities in India are receiving enough attention in current government policies. Observers say


