Pope Benedict XVI
conferred the title of
Monsignore upon Rev. Dr.
Cherian Kanjirakompil, the
Procurator of the Major
Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar
Church at the Holy See.
On Thursday, 6th November
2008, His Eminence
Leonardo Cardinal Sandri,
the Prefect of the
Congregation for the
Oriental Churches will
arrive at Cochin
International Airport at
6.20 a.m.
In a prayerful and
spiritually charged
atmosphere at St. Peter’s
Square, Pope Benedict XVI,
pronounced Blessed
Alphonsa the first woman
saint from India on
Sunday, 12 October 2008 at
2.05 p.m. Indian Standard
Time.......
CARDINAL VARKEY
VITHAYATHIL C.SS.R., MAJOR
ARCHBISHOP OF
ERNAKULAM-ANGAMALY OF THE
SYRO-MALABARS, AND
PRESIDENT OF THE SYNOD OF
THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH,
INDIA,.......
Blessed Alphonsa from
Kottayam, Kerala will be
declared as a saint on
Oct. 12 this year in the
Vatican by Pope Benedict
XVI. She will be the first
Indian woman to be
declared a saint.......
In the presence of a large
gathering of bishops,
priests, sisters and lay
faithful in the
Paramprasada Nagar, at the
San Jose ITI Grounds,
Gadikoppa in Shimoga......
For the first time in the
history of the
Syro-Malabar Church, a
Procurator is appointed to
represent the Major
Archbishop and his Synod
at the Apostolic See in
the Vatican. On 2 November
2007......
Archbishop Oswald Gracias
(63) of the Archdiocese of
Bombay has been nominated
Cardinal by His Holiness
Pope Benedict XVI which
was announced at Vatican
today at 4.00 p.m. (IST)
at St. Peter’s Square.....
The Church leaders in
Kerala reiterated their
resolve to protect
minority rights at all
costs, in a public meeting
organized by the various
Christian
denominations....
On Sunday, 18 March 2007
at 5.30 p.m., during the
solemn qurbana celebrated
by His Beatitude Varkey
Cardinal Vithayathil, the
Major Archbishop of the
Syro-Malabar Church, Mar
Andrews Thazhath was
installed as the third
Metropolitan Archbishop of
Trichur......
Bishop Joseph Perumthottam
was enthroned as the
fourth Metropolitan
Archbishop of
Changanacherry by the
Major Archbishop of the
Syro-Malabar Church, His
Beatitude Varkey Cardinal
Vithayathil during the
Holy Qurbana celebrated by
him at 2.30 p.m. on 19
March 2007, in the St.
Joseph’s Nagar at the
Metropolitan Church....
