Posts Tagged ‘Vatican appeal’

Vatican rejects nun’s second appeal against dismissal

Thursday, March 5th, 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 protest against rape-accused catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who is facing Read more

School appeals to Rome over gay-employee policy

Thursday, August 8th, 2019

A Catholic high school is appealing to Rome after losing its Catholic identity because its employee policy allows a teacher in a same-sex marriage to be on the staff. Indianapolis’s Brebeuf Jesuit high school is appealing Archbishop Charles C. Thompson’s decision to strip it of its Catholic name because it refused his request to sever Read more