By Midhun J Francis Rome, Dec 19, 2023: The Catholic Church, in its mission to spread the message of Christ, is engaged in a multi-layered process known as inculturation. In the intricate diversity of the Church’s mission, the dynamic interplay of liturgy, synodality, listening, and inculturation emerges as a profoundContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Nov 27, 2022: The liturgy dispute in a Catholic archdiocese in Kerala took an ugly turn November 27 when its administrator was prevented from forcibly entering the cathedral church to offer Sunday Mass. Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, the administrator, came to St Mary’s Basilica Cathedral ChurchContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Nov 22, 2022: The decades-long liturgical dispute in an Eastern rite archdiocese in India has reached an “explosive stage” with the priests and faithful launching an indefinite protest against their apostolic administrator. More than 500,000 Catholics of the archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly along with 460 priestsContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, August 8, 2022: Some 60,000 Catholics from 320 parishes of Ernakulam Angamaly Syro-Malabar archdiocese on August 7 attended a massive faith protection rally and convention. The convention held in Kochi’s Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium sought to ‘’implement the restitution recommended by the Vatican in theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, July 26, 2022: The dispute over liturgy in the Syro-Malabar Church took a new turn July 26 with the reported resignation of Archbishop Antony Kariyil, metropolitan vicar of the archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly. According to reports, Archbishop Kariyil has tendered his resignation to Apostolic Nuncio toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Aluva: A parish in Kerala on September 5 witnessed unruly scenes when its priest tried to read a pastoral letter from the head of the Syro-Malabar Church during the Sunday Mass. A section of parishioners of the Holy Family Church at Prasannapuram near Aluva rushed toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: Father Cheriyan Nereveetil, a former editor of Kerala’s leading Church weekly who had donated one of his kidneys to a poor girl, died on May 27 from head injuries sustained in a road accident two weeks ago. He was 49. The priest died of aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporer Kochi, June 29, 2019: Crisis seems to have deepened in Kerala’s Syro-Malabar Catholic Church with about 200 priests of the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese protesting the Vatican’s decision to reinstate Cardinal George Alencherry as their archbishop with all administrative powers. Launching a scathing attack on the cardinal, theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, June 27, 2019: Pope has decided to restore the administrative responsibilities of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly to Cardinal George Alencherry, a press statement from the Syro-Malabar Media Commission said on June 27. Cardinal Alencherry resumed office of archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamali archdiocese on June 27 morning.Continue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: A division bench of the Kerala High Court on May 22 reversed a single bench’s order asking police to register an FIR against Cardinal George Alencherry and three others in connection with an alleged illegal land deal in Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese. The division bench had earlier stayed the FIR againstContinue Reading