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Franco Mulakkal was born in Mattam, Thrissur, Kerala, India on 25 March 1964. [citation needed] He was ordained for Priesthood at St.Thomas Forane Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Mattom, Thrissur, Kerala on 21 April 1990. [7] Franco transferred church sui iuris from the Syro-Malabar Church to the Latin Church with his missionary work in northern ...
George Jacob Koovakad (born 11 August 1973) is an Indian cardinal of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church who is prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.Since 2020 he has worked in the offices of the Holy See's Secretariat of State in the Journeys Office, which is responsible for organizing Pope Francis' overseas trips, and he has headed that office since 2021.
Oswald Gracias (born 24 December 1944) is an Indian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Bombay from 2006 to 2025. He was made a cardinal in 2007. In 2008, he was elected vice-president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India and in 2010 its president.
KURAVILANGAD, India (AP) — The stories spill out in the sitting rooms of Catholic convents, where portraits of Jesus keep watch and fans spin quietly overhead. They spill out in church meeting ...
The Catholic Church in India is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope. There are over 20 million Catholics in India, [1] representing around 1.55% of the total population, [2] and the Catholic Church is the single largest Christian church in India. [1]
The archdiocese consists of the State of Goa and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu in India. [3] As of 2014, it pastorally served 641,231 Catholics (31.0% of 2,067,200 total) on 4,194 km 2 in 167 parishes and 124 missions with 715 priests (410 diocesan, 305 religious), 1,503 lay religious (538 brothers, 965 sisters ...
IN 2021, a court ruled Bishop Franco was not guilty. On 14 January 2022, the Additional Sessions Court acquitted him of all charges. In 2018 a rape complaint against Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, the police received a copy of the victim nun's statement, given to Changanasseri, Kerala Judicial First Class Magistrate under Section 164 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC, India). [1]
Philippine priests accused of sex abuse remain in active ministry in the Catholic-majority country, a U.S.-based abuse tracking group said on Wednesday, urging the country's bishops to take action ...