A similar 2016 incident in Kerala inspired the nuns to bring the short-term stay facility to life. Sister Teslin saw a transgender person standing alone and sobbing at a bus stop in Kochi.

Sathyadeepam, Kerala’s Catholic weekly, released a report in January that said almost 20% of the region’s nuns — the church says there are about 45,000 — feel “insecure or unaccepted ...

File Photo: Bishop Franco Mulakkal (2nd R), accused of raping a nun, is escorted by police outside a crime branch office on the outskirts of Kochi in Kerala, September 21, 2018.

Prosecution lawyer Sandhya Raju told CNN the court in the southern state of Kerala found Franco Mulakkal not guilty after he was accused of raping a nun multiple times between 2014 and 2016 ...

KOCHI: Sr Jean Rose of the Sisters of the Destitutes earned the distinction of becoming the first nun to take charge as a medical officer in the state when she joined the Family Health Centre (FHC ...

Meanwhile, the protests demanding the arrest of Mulakkal has been gaining momentum in Kerala. A 44-year-old nun has accused the bishop of raping her several times over a period of two years.

He had intended to bring awareness and prevent abuse of nuns in the future and did not mean to insult or provoke anyone. The court, however, disagreed with his submission. “The court has sent out the ...

Indian Catholic nun Eliswa Vakayil, known as a champion of women's rights, has moved closer to sainthood after Pope Francis published a decree authorizing her and five others to be declared blessed.