They Died Serving The Marginalized, Will We? – OpEd

(UCA News) -- In 1693, a Portuguese Jesuit named John de Britto was beheaded in southern India. The Tamils called him Arulanandar, meaning “a blissful person blessed by God’s grace," but his crime was simpler than that: he had lived among the marginalized, adopted their customs, learnt their languages, and insisted they were fully human.

Three centuries might separate us from his death, but the questions his life raises for Indian Christianity have never been more urgent.

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