Opposition Leader VD Satheesan has petitioned the Election Commission after Delhi Lieutenant Governor, Vinai Kumar Saxena visited major archbishops of the Syro-
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Pope Francis has confirmed the election of the new head of the Syro-Malabar Church, which has been affected by tensions due to opposition to liturgical reform.
The 67-year-old Bishop of Shamshabad was elected yesterday by the local Synod in Kochi and confirmed by Pope Francis. In his first words to the faithful, he said that “we should stand together and work together.” The Eastern rite community of six million members has been shaken in recent years by a major row over the liturgy centred in the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly.