Pope Pius XI - Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Pope Pius XI accepted the Reunion Movement of Mar Ivanios along with four other members of the Malankara Orthodox Church in 1930. As a result of the Reunion Movement, the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is in full communion with the Bishop of Rome and the Catholic Church. In remembrance of him, the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church founded a school in his name in Kattanam, Mavelikkara, Kerala. -Pope Pius XI Higher Secondary School, Kattanam. The school is a well known school in the area following a regular State Syllabus.

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