Liturgy wars in India turn violent

Liturgy wars in India turn violent The liturgy of the Syro-Malabar Church, called the Holy Qurbana, is celebrated by Fr Mathew Vennayappillil in Kuravilangad Church in Kerala, India. Photo: YouTube.

A high-level Vatican meeting hopes to end protests and brawls over liturgy changes in India, writes Ruadhán Jones When we describe fiesty debate over liturgical practices as ‘the liturgy wars’, we tend to mean a battle of words. But in one of the Church’s 23 self-governing Eastern Churches – the Syro-Malabar Church – protests over…

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