[tta_listen_btn] By Verghese V Joseph. Cardinal Mar George Alencherry on Thursday resigned as the Major Archbishop and head of the Kerala’s Syro Malabar Catholic (Syrian
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Tag: Kerala
Faith, Family & Synodality: A Roller Coaster Ride
[tta_listen_btn] By chhotebhai. A roller coaster ride can throw one upside down or side to side. Not meant for the faint hearted. After my daughter
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Blessed Rani Maria Movie: The Story of a Martyred Nun
By Verghese V Joseph – Keeping up with its tagline, the southern Indian state of Kerala is literally turning out to be “God’s Own Country.”
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Why Syrian Rite Keralites have a ‘Patron Saint’ and Why Latin Rite Goans, Mangaloreans, and Sri Lankans Don’t!
By Filomena Saraswati Giese – St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara and St. Joseph Vaz. Why Keralites had St. Kuriakose made a Patron Saint at his Canonization
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St Thomas: Apostle of India
By Leon Bent – This is a hotly debated issue, but tradition insists, Christianity in Kerala was founded by St. Thomas the Apostle, who landed
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Kerala: This Time, Thalassery Archbishop Pamplany Wades into ‘Martyr’ Comment Controversy
Verghese V Joseph – Wading into yet another unnecessary controversy, Kerala’s Thalassery Archbishop Mar Joseph Pamplany on Sunday had to downplay his comments comparing political
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Peace Activist Br Jesudas Gabriel Passes Away
Kochi: Peace activist and awardee Br Jesudas Gabriel Amirtham SSP (67 years), passed away early morning due to a massive heart attack at the Society
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Kerala: Peace Forum Flays Tellicherry Archbishop’s ‘Overtures’ to BJP
Thannipuzha: An advocacy group for the Catholic religion in India on Monday lambasted the recent statement made by the Archbishop Mar Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry
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Selling One’s Soul: The Betrayal of Christ and Constitution
Fr Cedric Prakash SJ – For the past couple of days, electronic and print mainstream media in the country, have been highlighting the public ‘promise’
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Church in Kerala: Is Rubber Price the New 30 Pieces of Silver?
Verghese V Joseph – Addressing a meeting of the Catholic farmers’ conference in southern Kerala state on Saturday, Mar Joseph Pamplany, Arch Bishop of the
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A Tale of Two Ports in Kerala: Church’s Role in Shaping ISRO and the Protest Against Adani’s Vizhinjam Seaport
Verghese V Joseph – With the Adani’s Vizhinjam seaport project deadlock in India’s southern state of Kerala showing no sign of easing anytime soon, it’s
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Syro Malabar Church Appoints Three New Auxiliary Bishops
Bengaluru: The Synod of the Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church, gathered at Mount St. Thomas, Kerala, having received prior Papal Assent according to CCEO can. 184,
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What to Make of Conflicts Within the Church in India?
Mathew Jacob – There are a series of conflicts in the Catholic Church in India these days. For one, Eminence Oswald Cardinal Gracias and Archbishop
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Kerala: Nudged by Vatican, Syro-Malabar Bishop Kariyil Steps Down Over Uniform Holy Mass Issue
Verghese V Joseph – Bengaluru: Following an ongoing dispute over the conduct of uniform holy mass, the Vatican on Tuesday intervened in the matter and
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The Little-Known Story of How St. Thomas the Apostle Brought Christianity to India
By Lucien de Guise For the St. Thomas Christians, there is still no doubt that theirs is an unbroken tradition going back to their patron’s
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