Vatican Confirms Pope Sent Envoy to India to Resolve Liturgical Dispute

Vatican confirms pope sent envoy to India to resolve liturgical dispute

As controversy and deep division continued in an Indian archdiocese over the direction the priest faces during the celebration of the liturgy, the Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis named Slovak Archbishop Cyril Vasil of Košice as his pontifical delegate to help resolve the dispute.

Leo XIV withdraws papal delegate after agreement avoids schism in Syro-Malabar Church

Built in 1578, Mar Hormizd Cathedral is the Syro-Malabar cathedral church in Angamaly, India. / Credit: St. Hormizd's Cathedral, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Jul 10, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). The specter of schism has hovered in recent years over the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabar Church in India—one of the 24 Eastern Churches in full communion with the Catholic Church. Part of the clergy and faithful…

Leo XIV Withdraws Papal Delegate After Agreement Avoids Schism in Syro-Malabar Church

St. Hormizd's Cathedral Built in 1578, Mar Hormizd Cathedral is the Syro-Malabar cathedral church in Angamaly, India. According to Vatican News, the official Vatican website, this decision by the Pope 'concludes the Holy See's mediation work among the Syro-Malabars.'

Vatican withdraws pontifical delegate overseeing Indian archeparchy as liturgical dispute finds resolution

After years of bitter dispute over liturgical reform, peace has finally been reached in the Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church. The post Vatican withdraws pontifical delegate overseeing Indian archeparchy as liturgical dispute finds resolution appeared first on CatholicVote org.

Vatican ends pontifical delegate’s mission in Indian archdiocese

ERNAKULAM, India (OSV News) — The Vatican has ended its direct pontifical oversight of an Indian archdiocese after settling the long-standing liturgy dispute that risked dividing the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. The Vatican informed the church’s head, Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil, that Pope Leo XIV has announced the end of Slovak Archbishop Cyril Vasil of Košice’s mission as the pontifical delegate of the Syro-Malabar Archdiocese of Ernakul…