Indian Catholics block cathedral Mass over liturgy dispute

Cathedral administrator Fr. Antony Puthuvelil was seeking to introduce the new ‘uniform mode’ of the Syro-Malabar Church's Eucharistic liturgy.

A newly appointed Indian Catholic cathedral administrator was prevented from celebrating the Eucharist on Tuesday in the latest flareup in a fiery liturgical dispute in the Syro-Malabar Church.

Fr. Antony Puthuvelil attempted to celebrate the Eucharistic liturgy on Dec. 20 at St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica in Ernakulam, southern India, days after he was n…