Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Antony Kariyil, the vicar of the major archbishop for the Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly.
Pope Francis recently exhorted the faithful of the Eastern-rite Syro-Malabar Church to obey the Syro-Malabar hierarchy’s decision on a uniform method of celebrating the liturgy in all of the church’s eparchies (dioceses).