Syro-Malabar apostolic visitor discusses mandate, challenges
April 04, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: In an article for Agenzia Fides, the news agency of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Father Jolly Vadakken discussed his mandate as apostolic visitor to Syro-Malabar Catholics in the nations of the Arabian Peninsula, as well as the challenges that the faithful of the Eastern Catholic church face there.
10% of Catholics in Kuwait, 10% of Catholics in Qatar, and 25% of Catholics in Bahrain—largely migrant workers and their families—are members of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (CNEWA profile), based in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala.
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