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Syro-Malabar liturgy dispute
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Syro-Malabar Church

Rocky start for Syro-Malabar leader as video surfaces

Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil’s remarks from 2022 caused offense among some Latin Catholics in India.

Luke Coppen
Jan 29, 2024
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The new head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church has had a bumpy start after clergy snubbed his appeal to adopt a new uniform liturgy, and as controversial remarks he made two years ago surfaced online.

Archbishop Raphael Thattil speaks at St. Mary’s Church in Bangalore, India, in 2022, two years before his election as head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic C…

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