Indian Archbishop Benedict Mar Gregorios Proposes Novel Solution to US Unemployment Crisis

Pittsburgh, September 19, 1982 - Archbishop Metropolitan Benedict Mar Gregorios of Kerala, India, during his visit to Western Pennsylvania, shared his unique perspective on tackling the growing unemployment issue in the United States. The head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in India, Archbishop Gregorios, proposed an approach focused on...
Letter Of John Paul II To The Malankara Catholic Church On The 50th Anniversary Of The Union To The Catholic Church

To the Bishops of the Malankara Catholic ChurchOn this solemn occasion my heart is filled with joy in the Lord. For it is with deep gladness that we are commemorating 20 September 1930 as a day of grace when, in the presence of Bishop Aloysius Maria Benziger, specially deputed...
Indian Archbishop Mar Gregorios to Lead Liturgy in Toledo

Toledo, May 15, 1965 – Archbishop Mar Gregorios, a prominent figure of the Syro-Malankara Rite from India, is set to conduct the liturgy at St. Patrick of Heather Downs Church on Wednesday at 9:15 a.m. This special event is part of a day of recollection and spiritual reflection, organized...
Archbishop Mar Ivanios Receives Last Homage of Flock

TRIVANDRUM, India.—A Prelate, who occupied a Jacobite episcopal throne earlier in life and then a Catholic episcopal throne, was seated on the latter throne after death to receive the last reverence from his devoted flock.Known as the Cardinal Newman of India, Archbishop Mar Ivanios of Trivandrum died there on...
Obsequies of Archbishop Mar Ivanios

Eastern Rite Ceremonies at TrivandrumImpressive Eastern Rite ceremonies were held at Trivandrum, India, at the obsequies of Archbishop Mar Ivanios, of Trivandrum, whose death occurred on 15 July, at the age of 70, after a long illness.Archbishop Ivanios is well remembered in Melbourne as a picturesque and distinguished visitor...
New Auxiliary is Monsignor Benedict Verghese

His Holiness the Pope has appointed an Auxiliary to Archbishop Mar Ivanios of Trivandrum, India, who has been ailing for the past several months. The new Auxiliary is Monsignor Benedict Verghese, of the Congregation of the Imitation of Christ, Vice Principal of the Trivandrum University of Mar Ivanios. The...
Archbishop Mar Ivanios is Ill

Archbishop Mar Ivanios of Trivandrum, India, who visited Australia for the Melbourne Catholic Centenary celebrations a few years ago, is seriously ill and has received the last rites.Once a Jacobite (schismatic) Bishop, he was received into the Catholic Church in 1930.Copyright: Catholic Weekly (Sydney) 16th October 1952
Personal – 25th Episcopal Jubilee of Mar Ivanios

Archbishop Mar Ivanios of Trivandrum, who toured Australia some time ago, has observed his 25th episcopal jubilee. He received an Apostolic Blessing from His Holiness the Pope. Called the "Newman of India," Archbishop Ivanios came over to the Catholic Church with a number of his followers in 1930 from...
Archbishop’s Protest On Indian Education Plan

TRIVANDRUM (India) — Archbishop Mar Ivanios, Ordinary of the Malankara Rite in the Archdiocese of Trivandrum, has openly lodged a protest against the new educational plan fostered by the Government of the State of Travancore-Cochin.He claims that the plan is dangerous to the present Catholic school system and would...
Archbishop Mar Ivanios: Celebrated A Jubilee

Archbishop Mar Ivanios, of Trivandrum (India), who was in Sydney and Melbourne in 1948, recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of his consecration. He is a Metropolitan of the Syro-Malankara Rite Catholics of Malabar, an Archdiocese established by the Holy See. Archbishop Ivanios has 70,000 Catholics in his Archdiocese, many...