Syro-Malabar bishops ask for papal delegate to handle fractious archdiocese
June 19, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: The leaders of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church will ask Pope Francis to appoint a papal delegate to resolve a bitter liturgical dispute in the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly.
Cardinal George Alencherry, the leader of the India-based Church, announced the plan to seek papal intervention after a special meeting of the Syro-Malabar synod. The cardinal also said that the synod would not back off a demand for universal acceptance of new liturgical rules.
In the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly, priests have adamantly refused to follow the new rules, which require the priest to celebrate the Eucharistic liturgy facing the people.
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