Syro-Malabar Church Major Archbishop Mar George Alencherry will be consecrated a Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI at a ceremony in Vatican on 18.2.2012.
Mar Alencherry is among the 22 new cardinals selected by the Pope, and one of the only three from outside the West, the other two being Brazilian Joao Braz de Aviz and John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong. It was in January this year that Pope Benedict XVI appointed Mar Alencherry as a Cardinal.Read more
Mar Alencherry is among the 22 new cardinals selected by the Pope, and one of the only three from outside the West, the other two being Brazilian Joao Braz de Aviz and John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong. It was in January this year that Pope Benedict XVI appointed Mar Alencherry as a Cardinal.Read more