Christians factional fight continues in southern India
A legal move by the Orthodox faction is seen as a move to weaken the Jacobite faction and end a peace initiative
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Catholicos of the East Baselius Mar Thoma Paulose II, head of the Malankara Orthodox Church (center), with others after the consecration of the Orthodox Church of Saint Mary in Bristol, England, on Sept. 7, 2013. (Photo: britishorthodox.org)
The factional fight among two sects of Christians in southern India entered a new phase when one moved a state high court against a law meant to ensure both factions burial rights.
Kerala High Court on Feb. 5 admitted a petition from the Orthodox faction of the Malankara Church. It served notices on the state government and the rival Jacobite faction seeking their opinion on the demand to repeal the law.