The Vatican representative in Delhi Leopoldo Girelli with Archbishop Antony Kariyil at the latter’s official residence in Kochi on Tuesday. R.K. NITHIN
K. A. Martin KOCHI
The Vatican representative in Delhi Leopoldo Girelli met apostolic administrator of the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church Archbishop Antony Kariyil here on Tuesday. The meeting lasted more than three hours after the Apostolic Nuncio arrived at Archbishop Kariyil's house in Kochi around 9 a. m. He left the official residence of the head of the archdiocese after 12 noon.
Though there were rumours that Archbishop Kariyil had expressed his willingness to step down from his position as apostolic administrator, Church sources said the nuncio also met bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church and other representatives of the Church and that a decision would be announced officially from the Vatican.
Mass issue
The Vatican authorities are reported to have asked Archbishop Kariyil to step down in view of his perceived support of the Mass celebration with the priest facing the congregation throughout the ceremony. The Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church had in August last year taken a decision that all the dioceses of the Church should follow a uniform system of celebration of the Mass, in which the priest faced the congregation for the first part of the Mass and then turned towards the altar for the rest of the ceremony. The synod's decision has been widely opposed in the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese.
Around 200 priests from the archdiocese had a meeting here on Monday to express their protest against the Vatican decision to ask Archbishop Kariyil to step down.
Major Archbishop and Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, has insisted that all the dioceses follow the synodal decision.
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