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New pope has a Kerala headache as schism widens at Syro Malabar ChurchA crisis unfolds within Kerala's Syro-Malabar Church. Disputes over liturgical practices spark unrest. Archbishop Joseph Pamplany faces opp...
Pope Francis accepts resignation of bishop Franco Mulakkal after rape accusationsThe Vatican announced the decision on Thursday, without giving any further information. Mulakkal, 59, was appointed bishop of the Diocese o...
Kerala court acquits Bishop Franco Mulakkal in nun rape caseMulakkal, 57, was accused of raping the nun multiple times during his visit to a convent in this district when he was the Bishop of the Jal...
Meet Sister Lucy Kalapura, the nun whom the Catholic Church of Kerala is bent on reining inSister Lucy’s “transgressions” according to the church include writing Facebook posts, getting a driver’s licence and buying a car.
Kerala nun gets notice for leading life against religious principlesThe nun has been asked to offer explanation to Superior General sister Ann Joseph at Generalate of the Congregation at 11 AM Wednesday.
RBI's S Gurumurthy receives flak for tweet on Sabarimala row“Any one who knows me also know I have the highest regard for women, in the Indian way," says S Gurumurthy.
Witness against Bishop Franco Mulakkal in nun rape case found deadThe priest was transferred 15 days ago to a Catholic church in Dasuya, police said. He was staying in the church premises.
Rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal released on bailThe court, while granting the conditional bail, had directed the bishop to leave the state within 24 hours of his release from the sub-jail.
Nun rape: Kerala HC grants bail to Bishop Franco MulakkalGranting the bail, Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan directed the accused Bishop to surrender his passport and not to enter Kerala state except f...
Sister Jesme weighs in on Kerala nuns exploitation, says events inside a convent can't be fathomedShe quit the Church 10 years ago and wrote on corruption, sexual abuse & gender bias.
Asked to keep away from church duties after taking part in protest against bishop: NunSister Lucy Kalapura, who returned on Sunday morning from Kochi, claimed she was informed orally by the Mother Superior that she should kee...
Bishop Franco Mulakkal's bail plea rejected, sent to 2-day police custodyEarlier, the bishop was discharged from the Government Medical College Hospital here, where he was admitted on Friday night following compl...
Bishop Franco Mulakkal arrestedThis is the first time in the country that a bishop has been arrested for rape. "Given the stature of the accused, the police left nothing ...
Nun rape case: Questioning of priest continues for 3rd dayKottayam Superintendent of Police Hari Sankar has said the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case has decided to complete the in...
Nun rape case: Jalandhar bishop appears before Kerala SIT for questioningAs the bishop joined the probe in the case, the protest by various Catholic reformation organisations and a group of nuns seeking his arres...
Nun rape case: Jalandhar bishop files anticipatory bail plea in Kerala High CourtClaiming innocence, the bishop also said the complaint was "nothing but a fictional story" by the nun.
Nuns in Kerala are taking on the influential Catholic Church for justiceThe five sisters belong to the Missionaries of Jesus, a Latin Catholic order set up in Jalandhar in 1993, headquartered there and with thre...
Case against Missionaries of Jesus after it releases nun's photo with BishopIndian laws prohibit revealing the identity of rape and sexual assault victims.
In a first, Catholic nuns protest ‘sexploitation’The protests, organised by the Joint Christian Council included seven nuns, five of them from Missionaries of Jesus congregation to which t...
Church opposes NCW plea for banning confession, gets minister's backingKannanthanam came out against the NCW recommendation after the Church in Kerala protested, calling it an "attack on the Christian faith".