Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Syro-Malabar Church emerged as the largest of the Eastern Catholic Churches in the year 2022. This community represents a significant portion of the approximately 18 million faithful within the group.
The East-West Schism occurred in the year 1054 when Patriarch Michael I Cerularius and Papal Legate Humbert of Silva Candida issued mutual excommunications. This formal rupture marked a significant division between the Greek-speaking East and the Latin-speaking West.
The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches was promulgated in the year 1990 and took effect in the year 1991. This legal framework codified the autonomy of each Eastern Catholic Church while affirming the supreme authority of the Pope.
The Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church was effectively eradicated by Stalinist purges in the 1930s. Its bishop Shio Batmalashvili and other priests were executed after being held in captivity in Solovki prison and the northern gulags from 1923.
The Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue submitted the Balamand declaration in the year 1993 to address the issues of uniatism. This document acknowledged that initiatives leading to union with the See of Rome often occurred with the interference of extra-ecclesial interests.