6th January 2012, Koch, Kerala, India: His Beatitude Mar George Alencherry Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church has been named Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI on 6th January 2012. The announcement was made simultaneously in Vatican and at Mount St. Thomas Kakkanad, the headquarters of the Syro-Malabar Church. Mar George Alencherry was born on 19th [...]