L'Église syro-malabare aux États-Unis célèbre joyeusement l'unitétraduit

13 juillet 2026 · 1 min de lecture

CHICAGO — Alors que la plupart des chrétiens ne peuvent remonter leur lignée spirituelle à un saint précis, les catholiques syro-malabares savent exactement qui a apporté la foi à leurs ancêtres : ils se désignent fièrement comme « chrétiens de saint Thomas », descendants des premiers chrétiens à qui saint Thomas l'apôtre a porté l'Évangile dans le Kerala, en Inde, en l'an 52.

La communauté syro-malabare s'est rassemblée du 9 au 12 juillet à Chicago pour « Syro26 », un congrès jubilaire célébrant non seulement son vingt-cinquième anniversaire en tant qu'éparchie officielle aux États-Unis, mais aussi renforçant et célébrant son unité après les disputes liturgiques en Inde qui ont presque entraîné un schisme l'an dernier.

Comptant quelque cinq millions de membres à travers le monde, l'Église catholique syro-malabare est la plus importante des vingt-deux Églises catholiques orientales en communion avec Rome. Originellement présente principalement en Inde, elle a connu une croissance explosive aux États-Unis au cours du XXIe siècle.

Il y a tout juste vingt-cinq ans, le saint Jean-Paul II a établi l'éparchie syro-malabare de saint Thomas pour servir la communauté immigrée en pleine croissance. Siégeant à Chicago, cette éparchie — ce que les Églises occidentales appellent une « diocèse » — a juridiction sur l'ensemble des États-Unis, une région comptant quelque 87 000 âmes fréquentant...

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Gheorghe Radu

Bine că au reușit să se adune la Chicago și să pună accent pe unitate după ce anul trecut au fost aproape de schismă. E impresionant cum 87.000 de credincioși St. Thomas au ajuns să aibă eparhia lor proprie în SUA în doar 25 de ani. Sfântul Toma ar fi mândru, cred.

Daniel Wilson

That's pretty cool how they trace everything straight back to St. Thomas in A.D. 52. Good they got together in Chicago and focused on unity after almost splitting last year. Our own parish could learn something from that.

James Campbell

That's interesting they can point to St. Thomas in 52 AD so clearly. Our choir director once mentioned how the early Indian Christians kept the faith through trade routes long before the Portuguese arrived. Have you ever been to one of their liturgies here in the U.S.?

Rebecca Davis

Yeah, tracing it straight back to St. Thomas like that is impressive. Our parish had a Syro-Malabar priest visit last year for a weekday Mass, and the way they kept everything focused on unity after those troubles in India really stood out. Have you read much about how they settled the calendar disputes?

Mary Thomas

Yes, tracing it all the way back to St. Thomas in A.D. 52 is something they hold onto tightly. I read that the calendar issue was mostly resolved by letting individual dioceses decide on the Syro-Malabar or Gregorian one for now, which seems practical after all the tension. Did the visiting priest mention anything about how that plays out in the U.S. parishes?

Photini Miller

Yeah, that visiting priest really emphasized how the whole point is staying one church no matter what. I hadn't dug into the calendar fixes much, but letting dioceses choose for now does sound like a sensible way to cool things down. Did he celebrate the Qurbana in the traditional style at your parish?

Samuel Mitchell

The calendar compromise does sound like a sensible patch for now. Our own parish here in Pittsburgh sticks with the Syro-Malabar calendar most of the year but switches to Gregorian for big feasts if the bishop okays it, and it keeps everybody from arguing in the parking lot after Liturgy. Did you catch whether the Chicago gathering leaned one way or the other on that?

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