Religion- War between two Kerala church factions intensifies, vicar blocked by protesters

The ongoing dispute stems from a controversial 3 July Supreme Court verdict, which ruled that 1100 parishes and their churches under the Malankara Church should be controlled by the Orthodox faction, and not the Jacobite faction, as per the 1934 Malankara Church guidelines. However, in many of these churches, the Orthodox faction is a numerical minority to the Jacobite faction. The Jacobite faction, therefore feels that they have the right to manage the Churches, and have been blocking officials from the Orthodox faction from entering the Church and carrying out the rituals.

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