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Kochi: On the basis of bishops’ committee report on the controversial land deal, the synod of Syro-Malabar Church, which concluded here on Saturday, has given more powers to the auxiliary bishops. The synod also decided that cardinal Mar George Alencherry make any further deals with those party to land dealsContinue Reading

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Kochi: Even as Cardinal Mar George Alencherry postponed the presbyteral council meet on Thursday following dramatic events, the priests’ group wants the Syro-Malabar church synod’s intervention to call a presbyteral council immediately. Presbyteral council secretary Fr Kuriakose Mundadan has sent a letter to 62 bishops who attend the synod andContinue Reading

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Thiruvalla: Hundreds of faithful attended the ceremonial installation of the sacred relics of St. Thomas, the Apostle, at the St Thomas Pilgrim Centre attached to the Changanacherry Archdiocese of the Catholic Church at Niranom-Kadapra near Thiruvalla on Sunday. Cardinal Mar George Alencherry led the installation ceremony and Archbishop Mar JosephContinue Reading

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Kochi: Live-in relationship, divorce, remarriage and same-sex relation were the main subjects discussed at the recently concluded Synod on Family at Vatican, said Syro-Malabar Church head Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, who took part in the synod. “Such issues have become a major concern mainly in Europe. The Church is ofContinue Reading