As the massive wave of migration to Europe and Canada that has engulfed Kerala threatens to spiral out of control, the Catholic Church in central Travancore is exerting itself to put the brakes on the trend.
Concerned over the flatlining of its population, the numerically dominant Syro-Malabar Church is launching a drastic countermeasure to persuade its youth to remain in the State. A project launched by the Changanassery Archdiocese in this direction proposes establishing new industrial and business units by mobilising Catholic youths at the parish level.
The project to be implemented in association with the dioceses of Changanassery, Pala, and Kanjirappally, which have jurisdiction in the vast Christian belt of Kottayam, Idukki, and Pathanamthitta districts, aims to turn the labour market buoyant and draw the youth into entrepreneurship by extending technological and investment support.
