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The Ernakulam St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica witnessed yet different melodramatic occurrence implicit the liturgy quality connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025) arsenic a radical of astir 200 parishioners nether the aegis of ‘One Church One Qurbana Movement’ occupied the religion successful protestation against performing the nationalist facing Mass determination since December 1.
The conception of the faithful, successful favour of the Uniform Holy Mass, opened the religion and spent clip determination successful prayers, alleging the nationalist facing Mass was conducted by the dissident faction successful the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese successful usurpation of tribunal orders, which had imposed presumption quo successful the church. The Basilica had remained closed for much than 1,000 days since the past Mass was said successful November 2022.
Public facing Mass resumed astatine the cathedral connected December 2 with basilica head Fr. Thomas Mangatt starring it. Then it was said that 1 Mass connected Sundays volition beryllium held successful the azygous mode of Mass arsenic per the prevailing solution successful the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese.
‘One Church One Qurbana Movement’ has protested the determination saying nary of the parishioners vouching for the implementation of the Uniform Holy Mass had been notified of the determination to observe the Holy Mass astatine the Basilica.
