A four-member team from the presbyteral council of the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church met Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, head of the Vatican diplomatic mission in India, on Thursday in New Delhi.
A statement issued by senior priest Father Jose Vailkodath here said the meeting was immediately necessitated by reports of a possible bifurcation of the archdiocese even as issues related to a liturgical dispute and controversial land deals remained unresolved.
The meeting was held after a request from presbyteral council secretary Father Kuriakose Mundadan to meet the apostolic nuncio. The meeting at the nunciature was held between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Thursday. The team from Ernakulam comprised Father Antony Narikulam, Father Jose Edassery, Father Kuriakose Mundadan, and Father Biju Perumayan.
