By Matters India Reporter Mulleri, Aug 15, 2024: Gloom has spread over the archdiocese of Tellicherry in Kerala after one of its young priests died of electrocution on August 15. Father Mathew (Shince) Kudilil was dismantling a pole erected to hoist the national flag in the morning as part ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Tellicherry, May 30, 2023: Road accidents have claimed the lives of a Catholic priest and a nun in two separate incidents in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Father Manoj (Abraham) Ottaplackal was killed on the spot and three other priests were wounded May 29 whenContinue Reading
By P A Chacko Sahibganj, March 19, 2023: The Metropolitan Archbishop of Tellicherry Mar Joseph Pamplany’s unexpected overture to the BJP to help to get a Lok Sabha seat in Kerala at the 2024 General Elections is a politically opportunistic public statement. “If the government raises the price of rubberContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Tellicherry, June 28, 2022: A Syro-Malabar archdiocese in Kerala has defrocked a priest who reportedly married a Hindu woman after allegedly converting to Hinduism. A June 28 “declaration” from the Tellicherry archdiocese says Father Mathew Mullappally had informed Archbishop Joseph Pamplany his “definite and non-retractable” personalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 15, 2022: The Syro-Malabar Church on January 15 appointed new prelates for its Tellicherry archdiocese and Palghat diocese. The Oriental Catholic Church’s bishops’ synod promoted, with the papal approval, Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry as the archdiocese’s new prelate. He replaces ArchbishopContinue Reading
Thalassery: Archbishop George Njaralakatt of Tellicherry and his Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Pamplany were on October 3 admitted to a private hospital after they were tested positive for Covid-19. Two priest residents of the Archbishop’s House were also tested positive. Father Thomas Thengumpallil, the public relation officer of the southern IndianContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Tellicherry, June 15, 2020: The Archdiocese of Tellicherry in Kerala has suspended two priests after social media and online papers published audio clips of their debauchery. Fathers Joseph Poothottal and Mathew Mullappallil have been debarred from exercising their priestly duties amid serious allegations against them, saysContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vilakkannur, Jan 13, 2020: A Catholic parish in Kerala has sent its “miracle” Host to Rome for further studies as part of a process to declare it as a Eucharistic miracle. A face resembling that of Jesus had appeared on the host during Mass on NovemberContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov 7, 2019: The Archdiocese of Tellicherry on November 7 dismissed as fake media reports that it has formed an army to protect Christian faith and ideals. “The news about the Gabriel Sena (army) is objectionable misrepresentation of facts. It violates the media ethics,” saysContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Tellicherry, September 6, 2019: The youth movement of Tellicherry Catholic archdiocese in Kerala plans to start a campaign to boycott a leading Malayalam newspaper and its television channel that allegedly defame priest and nuns. The archdiocesan unit of the Kerala Catholic Youth Movement will launch theContinue Reading
