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, Nov 19 2019: In an ambitious attempt to move with the times and make its services, religious and otherwise, available at the ‘fingertips’ of believers, the Syro-Malabar church is launching an app for each of its roughly 3,500 parishes – the church has already come out with custom madeContinue Reading
By Varghese Vayalamannil Devasia Jolly Joseph is a member of the Kerala-based Syro-Malabar Church who was recently arrested for killing her husband and five other members of his family over a period of 14 years. The disclosure of the killings through cyanide poisoning has shocked the Kerala society with manyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept. 30, 2019: A group of Syro Malabar Catholics in a Delhi locality has found a place to pray five years after a mysterious fire gutted a Latin church they shared. “Thank God we have a place for our own now. We were movingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 30, 2019: The Vatican Congregation for Oriental Churches has expressed grave concern over the “sad events” in the management of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly in Kerala, India. The “attitudes of some priests and laity have provoked and continue to cause a lot ofContinue Reading
By Valson Thampu Thiruvananthapuram, July 16, 2019: Two media headlines on July 15 made significant reading. The first pertained to the struggle of a sizable segment of the priests and laity of the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese against what they deem to be the dubious and indefensible involvement of Cardinal George AlencherryContinue Reading
Kochi, July 4: The permanent synod of the Syro-Malabar Church will meet here on Friday, July 5 to discuss the repercussions of the open revolt by around 250 priests against the reinstatement of Cardinal George Alencherry as the head of the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese. Jacob Manathodath, who was appointed as ApostolicContinue Reading
By Jeemon Jacob Thiruvananthapuram, June 23, 2019: The 2,000-year-old Syro-Malabar Church, part of the Catholic fold in India, has never had it so bad. There seems to be a new controversy every day, including cases of corruption against the head of the church, Cardinal George Alencherry. It all started afterContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, April 24, 2019: A faulty electronic voting machine on April 23 prevented Syro Malabar Major Archbishop Cardinal George Alencherry from voting. The cardinal arrived at 6:45 am at his booth to cast his vote. Polling was scheduled to begin at 7 am. “He was theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, March 18, 2029: The Syro-Malabar Church on March 18 termed as misleading media reports about a case against a senior priest who had allegedly forged documents to attack Cardinal George Alencherry. The report about the case is “misleading and an attempt to divert attention fromContinue Reading
