By Varghese Alengaden Indore, April 13, 2022: The Catholic Church in Kerala witnessed a painful event on April 10, the Palm Sunday. Social media groups have circulated video clips of Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in St Mary’s Basilica in Ernakulam (Kochi). Ironically,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, March 17, 2022: A group of Catholics in Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese has burned the effigies of two cardinals – one Vatican official and another the head of the Syro-Malabar Church. A statement from the Almaya Munnetam (Laity front) March 17 said that no one would beContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Nov 30, 2021: Bishops and priests have been teaching about the sacredness of Holy Mass and have made it central to all church functions. The table fellowship which Jesus held as a farewell fellowship dinner was distorted as a complicated cult after the Jewish tradition. ThroughoutContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporters New Delhi, Nov 28, 2021: Tension prevailed in several parishes in the Syro-Malabar Church on November 28, the date set by its Synod to implement a new form of offering Mass. Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Oriental Catholic Church, called for prayers for unity andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Oct. 5, 2021: The Catholic Church in India witnessed a rare event when a cardinal appeared in a court as a witness in a case where a bishop is being tried for allegedly raping a nun. Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, OctoberContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: Cardinal George Alencherry, who heads a council comprising Churches and Christian organizations in Kerala, has applauded a Hindu temple that gave up its land to help national highway’s expansion. “Everyone should show the willingness to act with common good in mind,” said the cardinal, theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, is in the eye of a storm again after the report of a Church-mandated probe by an international audit was leaked to the press. “Cardinal Alencherry has lost his moral right to hold any office of theContinue Reading
Kochi: The Special Investigation Team of Kerala police has filed a chargesheet against four, including three priests, in the case of alleged forgery of documents to defame Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church. According to the chargesheet, filed December 19 before Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Kakkanad, theContinue Reading
By S. Anandan Kochi: Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, says India is going through a period of transformation in the democratic practice and the balance of power between major political fronts, essential to a democracy, has been lost. But he is sanguine about pluralistic forces asserting themselvesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Aug 24, 2020: Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, has urged his people to observe lent for seven days from September 1 to seek divine assistance to fight the coronavirus pandemic that continues to wreak havoc in the world, especially in India. TheContinue Reading