Syro-Malabar priests given new ultimatum

Clergy who fail to adopt the new uniform liturgy by July 3 ‘will be considered to have left the communion of the Catholic Church.’

Syro-Malabar Church leaders in India announced Sunday that clergy who refuse to adopt a new form of the Eucharistic liturgy by July 3 will be considered to be in schism and barred from priestly ministry.

Opponents of the Syro-Malabar Church’s uniform liturgy discuss their response to the June 9 joint circular letter. Courtesy photo.

Major Archbishop Rapha…