Priests’ group defy synod order, people-facing mass to continue

Majority of priests in the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church have refused to accept a circular from Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 21 ordering them to celebrate at least one Mass in the synod-prescribed format in all churches on Sundays and days of obligation from July 3