The head of the India-based Eastern-rite Syro Malabar Church has lauded the Vatican for appointing Cardinal George J. Koovakad as the new prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.
The Jan. 24 appointment of Koovakad, a member of the Eatsern-rite Church, is “a matter of great pride for his mother Church and the Indian Church,” said Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil.
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