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Mourning procession held

By Our Staff Reporter

PATHANAMTHITTA, APRIL 7. The Malankara Catholic Church organised a mourning procession in Thiruvalla today in memory of Pope John Paul II who passed away on April 3.

Hundreds of the faithful from the dioceses of Thiruvalla, Kottayam, Vijayapuram and Changanacherry of the church as well as the Latin Catholic Church participated in the rally that began from St. Joseph's Latin Catholic Church at Thukalasserry to St. John's Cathedral in Thiruvalla.

The vicar-general Stephen Thottathil led the procession carrying a flower-bedecked photograph of the Pope.

A public meeting was held at the cathedral following the procession.

The supreme head of the Malankara Mar Thoma Church, Philipse Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Metropolitan, who inaugurated the meeting, said the Pope had always wished happiness of humanity through world peace.

The senior bishop of the Malankara Catholic Church Geevarghese Mar Athanaseus presided over the meeting.

Elizabeth Mammen Mathai, MLA, and the municipal chairman, Koshy Thomas, spoke.

The meeting came to a close with prayers to the Pope.

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