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Syro-Malabar liturgy dispute

Jesuit named papal delegate to diocese at heart of ‘liturgy war’

A Slovakian archbishop is tasked with sorting out the most contention liturgy dispute in the Church.

Luke Coppen
Jul 31, 2023
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Pope Francis has named a Jesuit archbishop as the pontifical delegate to an archdiocese on the front line of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church’s “liturgy war.”

Archbishop Cyril Vasil’, S.J., head of the Eparchy of Košice, Slovakia. Peter Hric via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Archbishop Cyril Vasil’ gained in-depth knowledge of the liturgy dispute that has sha…

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