Sister Ardra Kuzhinapurathu is the first woman to head the major superiors of Kerala, the southern Indian state that has produced the largest number of Catholic religious men and women in the country. She became the president on June 7, 2023, at a joint meeting of the Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council and the religious superiors. The Kerala unit is part of the Conference of Religious India, the national association of the major superiors, with more than 130,000 members, among them 103,000 women. Sister Kuzhinapurathu spoke to Global Sisters Report about various challenges faced by the religious congregations in India – dwindling vocations, aging members and the culture of working together.
Spanish bishops speak out after leaks of their meeting with Leo XIV
The executive committee of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference, (CEE, by its Spanish acronym) meeting in Madrid this week, issued an official statement regarding the leaks
