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Facing dwindling numbers, Kerala Church’s appeal – ‘Actively come to politics, public governance’
January 20, 2026 1:58 pm
The migration of youth in search of jobs and their subsequent settlement in the US, Canada and European countries has created a void in many families, especially in districts of Central Kerala.
Church allows Hindu ritual after remnants of temple are found on diocese land in Kerala
February 13, 2025 4:04 pm
According to members of local Hindu outfits as well as the Church, the remains, which includes a Shiv Linga, surfaced last week while earthmovers were being used to plough 1.8-acre land for tapioca cultivation.
Controversy after Church-run Kerala college denies students’ demand for room to offer namaz
July 29, 2024 7:31 am
The principal said the students who made the demand did not belong to any particular student organisation.
Manipur violence ‘genocide’, ‘another version of Gujarat riots’: Kerala Archbishop Joseph Pamplany
June 29, 2023 2:25 pm
Archbishop Joseph Pamplany hit out at the BJP governments in the Centre and Manipur for failing to ‘quench the violence’ and alleged that Christians were being singled out and attacked.
In Kerala's Syro-Malabar Church, a new tussle over conduct of Mass
September 07, 2021 8:57 pm
The Synod of the Church recently announced that a uniform code be adopted for the conduct of the Mass using a 50-50 formula where the priest faces the congregation in the first half and then the altar in the second.
Keralite nun found dead inside convent well
April 16, 2021 3:07 pm
A suicide note, suspected to be written by the deceased nun, was recovered from her room, police said.
God’s own sena
November 08, 2019 12:10 am
The private force mooted by the Catholic Church in Kerala may be a case of history repeating as farce.
Church in Kerala sets up sena, enlists ex-military men
November 07, 2019 11:55 am
The Gabriel Sena, launched in the archdiocese of Thalassery in Kannur last month, will hold its first meeting at Taliparamba in Kannur district on November 15.
As Church factions sparred for power, 84-year-old's body lay in freezer for a week before burial
July 12, 2019 3:34 am
An ongoing feud between the Orthodox and Jacobite factions of the Malankara Church over ownership of churches and properties meant her body had to be stored in a hospital freezer for over a week until the tussle could be resolved.
Kerala church land row: Cardinal George Alencherry appeals against FIR order
March 13, 2018 3:14 pm
A section of the faithful of church had also alleged that the cardinal sold the 3.06 acres of land belonging to the church in Kochi on Rs 27 crore in 2015, substantially more than the Rs 9 crore, it actually fetched. The churches also suspected the role of land mafia in the deal.
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