Kochi: The BJP reached out to minority Christians in poll-bound Kerala on March 1 with senior party leader and deputy chief minister of Karnataka C N Ashwath Narayan meeting a senior Catholic priest seeking to “gain the confidence” of the community. Besides Narayan, BJP state chief K Surendran, who isContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 28, 2019: After weeks of silence, leaders of the Catholic Church have commented on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act and countrywide protests against it. On December 27, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, said the ongoing controversy andContinue Reading
KOCHI, Dec 13 2019: The Kerala high court on Dec 13 stayed further proceedings before Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Kakkanad against cardinal George Alencherry in the case related to Syro Malabar Church land-sale row. Justice Ashok Menon issued a stay for one month after considering during admission hearing aContinue Reading
Kochi, Dec 6 2019: Cardinal George Alencherry was on Dec 6 elected the president of Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC), an association of the Catholic bishops of all three rites in the state. The head of Syro Malabar Catholic Church succeeds Archbishop Maria Calist Soosa Pakiam of Trivandrum Latin archdiocese.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, September 13, 2019: Cardinal George Alencherry has demanded the immediate release of a Catholic priest and a catechist who were arrested in Jharkhand state, eastern India, for alleged conversion charges. Father Binoy John and catechist Munna Hansda are “under unjust judicial custody,” laments the headContinue Reading
Kochi, Aug 28: The Archdiocesan Protection Council (APC) and For Laity Movement (Almaya Munnettam), the two organisations of priests and lay persons of Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese of Syro-Malabar Church have repeated the call for Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church to relinquish all administrative responsibilities of the archdiocese takingContinue Reading
KOCHI, Aug 26: The Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court on Aug 24 ruled that the three accused, including Cardinal Alencherry must face trial in connection with the controversial land deals of Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese. The verdict was on a case where 60 cents of property near Bharat Mata College, Thrikkakkara, was soldContinue Reading
Kochi, July 19, 2019: Several priests of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly launched a hunger strike demanding the resignation of Cardinal George Alencherry, their archbishop. Representatives of priests held talks with the cardinal on various issues pertaining to the archdiocese including controversial land deals allegedly involving the prelate. However, the theContinue Reading
KOCHI, July 6: The first permanent Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church after the reinstatement of Cardinal Mar George Alencherry as the administrative Archbishop of the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese was in Kochi on July 5. The Synod session, convened at the headquarters of the Church, St Thomas Mount, Kakkanad, which began atContinue Reading
Kochi, July 4: The permanent synod of the Syro-Malabar Church will meet here on Friday, July 5 to discuss the repercussions of the open revolt by around 250 priests against the reinstatement of Cardinal George Alencherry as the head of the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese. Jacob Manathodath, who was appointed as ApostolicContinue Reading