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, 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, 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