The question whether the celebrant should face the congregation (westward) or eastward during Mass, a bone of contention in the Syro-Malabar Church for several decades, is back in focus again. On the agenda of the Church Synod meeting at St Thomas Mount in Kochi, headquarters of the Church, from January 7 are possible changes to the liturgy and the direction the celebrant should take during Mass. Monsignor Varghese Njaliath, senior priest and an expert on liturgy, on January 2 made an appeal to the Synod not to ban the practice of priests celebrating Mass facing the congregation.
Bandel Basilica Inspires Religious Harmony Across Faiths
The Basilica of the Holy Rosary, popularly known as Bandel Church in West Bengal, continues to attract thousands of pilgrims from different faiths, standing as
