Maria Nirmalini

Maria Nirmalini

Maria Nirmalini, superior general of the Apostolic Carmel congregation, is the president of the Conference of Religious India, the national body of religious major superiors, an office she has held since January 2021. An educator most of her life, she has been honored with awards for best principal and best teacher by the state government of Delhi and also received the World Disaster Education Award from the International Association of Educators for World Peace.

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Sr. Maria Nirmalini, the superior general of the Apostolic Carmel congregation and sisters of the Apostolic Carmel congregation, meet with Pope Francis in Bahrain in November 2022. (Vatican Media/Francesco Sforza)

Pope Francis has called us to a new way of being church

It is a joyous occasion to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' papacy and a privilege to share thoughts on the impact he has had on the world and on Indian women religious in particular over this decade.