Members of the Synod of Bishops are “working hard” to avoid a split in their India-based Eastern rite Church after some 450 priests and laity vowed to move out if the priests are not allowed to celebrate Mass facing the people.Priests of Ernakulam-Angalamy archdiocese face the congregation on Aug. 15, 2023, defying their Syro-Malabar Church synod's order to turn to the alter during the Eucharistic prayer of the Mass.
“Some of the bishops in the Synod,” the prelate, who did not want to be named said, “wanted the synod to take a middle path accommodating the priests and faithful in the archdiocese.” He said the “members are working hard,” but the June 14 synod was indecisive, and “some breakthrough will happen” when the bishops meet for another session of the Synod on June 19.Archdiocesan presbytery council secretary Father Kuriakose Mundadan told the media that 450 priests and Catholics “want to be free from Syro-Malabar Synod and its bishops” as they were not ready to listen to the archdiocese.
It also said priests refusing to follow its directions would be automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church. “We have informed Thattil and the Synod about our stand and demanded to allow us to be free as an independent metropolitan Church under Pope Francis,” he added.
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