Kerala Cabinet: Latin Catholic Church remains dissatisfied with exclusion; Fisheries Minister meets Archbishop

Key points

• The Latin Catholic Church, on Friday (May 22, 2026), showed few signs of renouncing its claim to a Kerala Cabinet post for the coastal community, preferably the Fisheries portfolio currently held by V.E.
• Abdul Gafoor of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).
• Gafoor’s mission to iron out difficulties with the Church leadership in a closed-door one-to-one with Thiruvananthapuram Archbishop Thomas J.
• Netto at the Bishop’s House at Vellayambalam appeared to have yielded mixed results.
• Beed Manoj G.