The recent celebration at the Marian shrine of Konankuppam in Cuddlore, a district in Tamil Nadu, provided an opportunity for several thousand Indian pilgrims to join the prayer invoked by Pope Francis for peace in the world.
Italian Jesuit missionary Fr Costanzo Giuseppe Beschi was behind the shrine, which he called “Periyanayagi Madha”, which means Saint Mary Major in the Tamil language. “Konankuppam is the abode of 200-220 families and a vast majority of them are Dalits; however, it doesn’t stop the people of other castes and religions visiting the Shrine of Our Lady Peiryanayagi,” said Fr Z M Devasagayaraj, the rector of the shrine, speaking toThe “shrine is famous not only for the miracles people experience, but also for the unique and amicable interreligious relationship that exists here as the shrine was built by a still-practising Hindu about 300 years ago due to the...
The"second Eve turned the curse of humanity into a blessing by saying ‘Yes’ to the Will of God,” he explained. “It is with this confidence and belief, we come pleading to her to intercede for us”.
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