The leaders of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church want to introduce a uniform liturgy — but the process is not going smoothly. It’s difficult for Catholics who are unfamiliar with the Syro-Malabar ...

Cleemis also expressed concern over efforts to diminish the significance of Christmas, with other events being promoted to ...

COMMENTARY: The run-up to Pope Francis’ trip to Malta and Holy Week included ‘Canada week,’ ‘Poland week,’ a meeting with the head of the Syro-Malankara Church and the publication of a major ...

A shortage of nurses in Britain is causing a burst of growth for two churches that trace their origins to Thomas the apostle.

In a strong rebuke on Christmas Day, Major Archbishop Cardinal Basilios Cleemis of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ...

The new archbishop of the divided Syro-Malabar Church (SMC) in India has been well received by the faithful, but there is no sign that the differences over the liturgy that have split his Church are ...

A top Vatican official, currently visiting India, has exhorted the Eastern rite Syro-Malankara Catholics to emulate the example of Venerable Archbishop Mar Ivanios, who is known as “tireless apostle ...

The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church with 420,000 faithful, is holding the first general assembly in its history. The church's history reaches back to the apostolic age. In ...

Catholic nuns in a southern Indian archdiocese have a new mission: to keep faith alive while priests and laypeople clash with bishops over liturgy. "Our parish church had remained closed for several ...

A Catholic priest in a southern Indian state has been granted bail after he was remanded in custody for over a month for allegedly sexually abusing a teenage student and four other women. A local ...

Syro-Malankara Catholic Bishop Jacob Barnabas Aerath of Gurgaon, India, is pictured Nov. 23, 2015, blessing an infant during a visit to a poor section of Delhi. Aerath, who served the poor on the ...

The Syro-Malabar Church is today one of four major archiepiscopal churches recognized by Rome. A St. Thomas Christian cross at the installation of Mar Joseph Srampickal at Preston North End stadium, ...