By Matters India Reporter Jalandhar, October 15: The Jalandhar diocese on October 14 joined a prayer program a lay group organized in support of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who is now in a jail awaiting trial for allegedly raping a nun. Bishop Mulakkal headed the northern Indian diocese until Rome appointedContinue Reading

By John Dayal We as a community must demand that Franco Mulakkal, the former bishop of the Jalandhar Catholic diocese, in the northwestern Punjab state, [suspended, or how do we describe his present canonical position], be tried in a fast track court on the charges of multiple rapes of aContinue Reading

By chhotebhai Kanpur: Blitz, the weekly brought out by R.K. Karanjia, had three Fs on its masthead – Free, Frank, Fearless. The blitzkrieg that has hit the Catholic Church in India over the last couple of months could verily use another set of three Fs – the Frightening Franco Fiasco.Continue Reading