By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Jan 11, 2023: The election of Bishop Raphael Thattil as the Syro-Malabar Church leader has brought high hopes for its members, especially the Catholics in the troubled Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese. “I am sure he will listen to the sane voices on the controversies concerning the Syro-MalabarContinue Reading
By George Pattery Kolkata, Jan 11, 2023: I wish to congratulate you, not so much for the appointment as Major Archbishop, but for the hope that you would bring to rest at least for a while the intrigues and fights that have been wounding the Syro-Malabar Church and that thereContinue Reading
By Salvatore Cernuzio Vatican City, Dec 12, 2023: Pope Francis on December 11 received in audience Jesuit Archbishop Cyril Vasil, the Pontifical Delegate to the Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly, on the eve of the latter’s departure for Kerala, southern India, the base of the Syro-Malabar Church. On December 7 December, PopeContinue Reading
By Carlos Luis Bengaluru, Dec 8, 2023: Liturgy is the source and summit of Christian life. It is a nursery of Christian life wherein one learns the basic principles and understands the importance of celebrating one’s life. It is in the liturgy that one can experience the Love of ChristContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 4, 2023: The Syro-Malabar Church on December 4 joined those mourning the death of Christy Fernandez, a former secretary of the Indian president. Fernandez died at 12.20 am on December 4 in the Lisie Hospital in Kochi, Kerala. He was 73. He was admittedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Oct 29, 2023: The Syro-Malabar Church has expressed shock and pain at a series of explosions during a prayer meeting of Jehovah’s meeting that on October 29 killed two and wounded more than 50 people in the southern Indian state of Kerala. This incident “isContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, June 23, 2023: The ongoing violence in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur was condemned by the Mathruvedi (mothers’ forum) of the Syro-Malabar Church, based in Kerala, south. Representatives from 24 dioceses who attended the June 23 international senate meeting of the forum prayed forContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 19, 2023: The Syro-Malabar Church, a Kerala-based Oriental rite in the Catholic fold, has welcomed the decision of the government in neighbouring state of Karnataka to repeal a law prohibiting religious conversions. The decision “deserves appreciation by all those who stand for democracy andContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 18, 2023: A Syro-Malabar priest has quit active parish ministry disgusted with what he says is the decay in his Oriental Catholic Church. “I have declined to accept any parish ministry and will continue to live the values of a Catholic priesthood,” Father (Thomas)Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, May 4, 2023: The Syro-Malabar Church, a prominent Catholic group in India, says it opposes legalizing same sex marriage, as it is “a denial of human nature and an injustice to the family system and society.” “Legalizing same-sex marriage could lead to calls for theContinue Reading