By C.M. Paul Chicago, 17 July 2026: The McCormick Convention Centre in Chicago echoed with hymns in Syriac, Malayalam and English as thousands of Syro‑Malabar Catholics gathered for the Silver Jubilee Convention of the Eparchy of Chicago, July 9-12. It was a celebration of faith transplanted from Kerala that hasContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Vilakkannur, May 31, 2025: Apostolic nuncio to India and Nepal Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli on May 31 called on the Syro-Malabar Church to view India’s first Eucharistic miracle as a signal to overcome its internal disputes and foster unity. “How can one ignore the tensions that still divideContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Sept 13, 2024: Catholic bishops in India have mourned the death of Sitaram Yechury, the top Marxist leader in the country and product of Christian educational institutions. Yechury, the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), died on September 12 after suffering fromContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, May 18, 2024: A meeting between the leaders of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and Pope Francis is causing some controversy in the Eastern Rite Church. “This is where the devil — the devil exists — the divider, creeps in thwarting the most heartfelt desire the LordContinue Reading
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
