By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 31, 2023: Pope Francis on July 31 appointed Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil, former secretary of the Office for Eastern Churches and presiding officer of the Greek Catholic diocese of Kosice in Slovakia, as the pontifical delegate for the Syro-Malabar Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly in Kerala,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, May 30, 2023: The Vatican has directed the Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church to hold an emergency meeting to resolve the controversy over celebration of Mass in the archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly. According to a press release, the synod will meet June 12-16 atContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Vadayar, December 29, 2022 – Infant Jesus parish, Vadayar established in 997 concluded its 1025th year of foundation on December 28, 2022, handing over key of the first home in housing project for poor. The historic church has a Catholic population of over 1,300 faithful belonging toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Dec 6, 2022: The Kerala High Court has ordered the state police to provide protection to the Vatican-appointed administrator of a strife-torn archdiocese in the southern Indian state. The apex court in Kerala on December 5 ordered police protection for Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, the apostolicContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Oct 21, 2022: The priests and lay people of a Catholic archdiocese in the Syro-Malabar Church have snapped their ties with the Vatican appointed administrator as the dispute over Mass celebration entered a new phase. Father Jose Vailikodath, senior priest and public relations officer ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Oct 4, 2022: The Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly continues to faces crisis after its apostolic administrator revoked a dispensation given to it to continue with the traditional Mass and ordered its priests to follow the Synod Mass with immediate effect. Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, the apostolic administrator,Continue Reading
By Anand Mathew Varanasi, June 26, 2022: A book on the unusual struggle of a group of Catholic nuns against an archdiocese and their congregation was launched June 26 during a virtual function. The book, “My Prophetic Struggle, The Narakkal Story,’ written jointly by Carmelite Sister Annie Jaise and feministContinue Reading
Vatican City, April 1, 2022: Pope Francis has addressed a paternal exhortation to the Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly, urging adherence to “the synodal decision concerning the form of celebration of the Holy Qurbana by Easter 2022” as determined by the Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Archiepiscopal Church. In a letterContinue 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
Kochi: The 29th Synod of the Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church got under way on August 16 at its headquarters in Kochi, Kerala. The deliberations of the Synod, led by the Church’s major archbishop, Cardinal George Alencherry, are being conducted online because of the coronavirus pandemic. A total of 61Continue Reading