Tag: india

Archbishop of Trivandrum: Without Hindus, India would have no Christians

Giulia Mazza, with thank to our friends in the SSJC Chapter of Youngstown-Warren, Ohio His Beatitude Mar Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara Church, will be made a cardinal on November 24…

Church of the East synod to discuss dialogue with the Vatican

Press Trust of India / Thrissur May 20, 2012 15:25 IST The Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East (COE), one of earliest Christian congregations which has adherents in many countries,…

Eternal Memory: Joseph Farrelly KSG

Fr John Salter writes in Chrysostom, Pascha 2012 Joe Farrelly has died at the advanced age of 94. I had known Joe for well over half a century, when he was a…

The Church of the East, by David Bentley Hart

Jan 28, 2011 FIRST THINGS  As you may be aware, several Christian churches in Kirkuk, Mosul, Basra, and Baghdad, as well as throughout the rest of Iraq, cancelled their festivities this past…

Benedict XVI addresses Bishops of the Syro-Malankara Church

This is the address of Benedict XVI to bishops of the Syro-Malankara Church, who have just completed their five-yearly “ad limina” visit. Dear Brother Bishops, I welcome all of you here today…

New Apostolic Visitor for the UK’s Syro-Malankara Catholics

Pope Benedict XVI has erected an Apostolic Exarchate for the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in the United States, and appointed Father Thomas Naickamparampil, 49, of the Major Archieparchy of Trivandrum as its first…