By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 14, 2022: A Catholic nun working in the diocese of Rajkot in Gujarat state died in a road accident three days ago. Sister Grace Jose, a member of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation, was going for evening Mass on a scooter on June 11Continue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kailashahar, Oct. 9, 2021: Sister Josline, a Franciscan Clarist nun, died October 9, a day after she met with road accident. The 66-year-old nun died in Agartala Government Medical College and Govid Ballabh Pant Hospital in Agartala, capital of Tripura. Bishop Lumen Monteiro of Agartala announced theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: An expelled Catholic nun suffered a setback July 14 when the Kerala High Court refused to entertain her plea for protection against eviction from the convent where she currently stays. Lucy Kalappura was in August 2019 expelled from the Franciscan Clarist Congregation. The Vatican rejectedContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: A retired judge and India’s National Commission for Women are calling for the reversal of a Vatican decision confirming the expulsion of a nun for her order. Sister Lucy Kalapura, a member of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation in Kerala, has been an outspoken advocate for aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The dismissal of a Catholic nun from a Kerala-based religious congregation has drawn various reactions. The National Commission for Women has intervened in the incident where Sister Lucy Kalapura was expelled from the Franciscan Clarist Congregation. The New Delhi-based Commission on June 19 wroteContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: A Catholic nun, who has exhausted all avenues of appeal against her dismissal from her congregation, says she will not leave her convent until an Indian court decides her petition. The Franciscan Clarist Congregation on June 13 ordered Sister Lucy Kalapura to vacate theContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, Sept 3, 2020: A Franciscan Clarist Congregation nun has died of Covid-19 Coronavirus in the 50th year of her religious life. Sister Annie Flossy died September 1 at New Delhi’s Holy Family Hospital. She was 74. She was brought to Delhi August 17 with acuteContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Jul 11, 2020: The Kerala High Court has directed the police to provide protection to the life and property of Sister Lucy Kalappura, a nun expelled by the Franciscan Clarist Congregation for allegedly violating religious vows. In her petition to the top court in Kerala,Continue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, March 1, 2020: The Vatican has for a second time rejected the appeal of a nun who was expelled from the Franciscan Clarist Congregation on “disciplinary grounds” in Kerala. Sister Lucy Kalappura has maintained that the disciplinary action against her was initiated only because she participated in a protestContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mananthavady, Dec 19, 2019: A court in Kerala on December 19 allowed a Catholic nun dismissed from her congregation to remain at her convent. The Mananthavady Munsiff Court that heard the petition from Sister Lucy Kalappura gave an injunction to her ouster from the convent andContinue Reading