Vatican rejects  the appeal of the Monastery of Holy  Rua(MHR)

By  our religious Correspondent

Thrissur, July  04 (IVC)   The appeal of the  (Pious Union) Monastery of Holy  Ruah (MHR)  Congregation  filed before the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Vatican was rejected ,according to a statement  of the Vicar General of the Thrissur Archdiocese, Mgr  Jose Konikkara.

                The  Archdiocese  here had issued an order No. 980/2023  dated April 27, 2023  dissolving MHR  and proscribing its  activities in the archdiocese, the statement added. The  Congregation of MHR was established by an order of  the Archbishop vide his order No.1900/2017 dated Sept  08, 2017, which purported  to be leading the life of religious.

                The archdiocese of Thrissur  had dissolved the congregation    and proscribed its activities vide  its   order   No. 1900/2017 dated Sept  08, 2017.  This  order was  challenged by  Monastery  of Holy  Ruah (MHR).

                The  Dicastery  for the Eastern  Churches, Vatican    rejected the appeal  of the MHR and upheld the  dissolution order of the Archdiocese , according  to  an official  communication  from the Vatican’s   Apostolic Nunciature, New  Delhi,  Knikkara  said.

                The  vicar General urged  the priests under  him to  take a  special  care for  no  faithful  is admitted to  the  proscribed  congregation.  The  parish  priests should inform of the  faithful  in this  regard. Archbishop’s  order  of  April 27,2023 was   legally  valid still now, Kanikkara said.