Anto Akkara

Anto Akkara writes from Kochi, India.

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More than 20,000 faithful gather for the Nov. 8, 2025, beatification Mass of Mother Eliswa Vakayil, founder of the Congregation of Teresian Carmelites, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom at Vallarpadam in the city of Kochi, India, which is in the Archdiocese of Verapoly. (OSV News/Anto Akkara)

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Mother Eliswa Vakayil, Kerala's first Indigenous nun and the founder of the Congregation of Teresian Carmelites, was beatified on Nov. 8 at the Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom at Vallarpadam, in Kochi, India.

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