Saptarshi Ray, Author at Catholic Herald

Saptarshi Ray

The Vatican makes a dramatic move against a crisis-hit cardinal

September 05, 2019

There appears to be no imminent finale to the corruption scandal that has dogged the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and its head, Cardinal George Alencherry. In a dramatic move earlier this week, the Vatican stripped the cardinal of his administrative powers just three months after he was controversially reinstated (after being earlier suspended) – to the

The cardinal struggling to quell a priestly rebellion

July 25, 2019

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is in fresh turmoil this week, after its leader faced protests over fraud allegations against him. Cardinal George Alencherry (pictured with Pope Francis) met several priests after they went on a hunger strike in protest at his alleged mishandling of a land deal. Cardinal Alencherry says he is innocent, and the Indian

An election, an archbishop, and a tale of modern India

December 06, 2018

Political interference is suspected after hundreds of Christians, including a Catholic archbishop, were denied their right to vote in Indian state elections despite apparently having all the relevant papers. Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal was among those turned away from polling booths in the central state of Madhya Pradesh because their names were not on

In the remote Himalayas, the Church is growing at a phenomenal rate

November 15, 2018

A bishop in an isolated Indian region, whose flock has grown at an astonishing pace from 900 Catholics in 1979 to more than 90,000 today, says the work was done by God and it is only his job to listen. Bishop George Palliparambil of Miao, in the Indian Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh, which borders

India: Bishops on trial

October 11, 2018

Out of nowhere, Catholics face a leadership crisis on two fronts The Catholic Church in India has just faced one of the most challenging summers in its history. In particular it is the Syro-Malabar Church, which traces its origin in India back to St Thomas the Apostle, which is the focus of the crisis. About

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