Calcutta Telegraph | Debate in church over Pope call to open ritual to women Calcutta Telegraph Joseph Karikkassery, bishop of the Latin Catholic Church at Kottappuram, Kerala, kisses a woman's foot during the Maundy Thursday ritual on March 24. (PTI). New Delhi, March 24: A debate is on among a section of Indian Christians over the exemption ... For The First Time In Kerala, Women Part Of Church Ritual Meant For Men In a first, Kerala churches see 'washing of feet' ritual on women Syro Malabar Catholic Church Does Not Follow Papal Decree to Include Women in Foot-washing Ceremony |