Expelled Kerala nun seeks an audience with the Pope

Sandri, Prefect, Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Sister Kalappura also sought an opportunity to her to appear in person before a tribunal which would consider her appeal against the Congregation’s decision. She has also sought a chance to present her case to the Pope Francis.

The Congregation for the Oriental Churches in Vatican had dismissed Sister Lucy’s first appeal challenging the Franciscan Clarist Congregation’s decision to expel her for “failing to give a satisfactory explanation for her lifestyle in violation of FCC laws”.

It, however, allowed her to present a new recourse to the Supreme Tribunal of the Segnatura Apostolica in Vatican.

“I am deeply obliged for providing me the opportunity for a further appeal to the Supreme Tribunal of the Signatura Apostolica. It is desired, in this connection, that an opportunity be granted to me to appear in person before the Tribunal to enable me to present to its honourable members my side of the situation.

“It is requested, further, that I be granted an opportunity to present my case to the Pope Francis,” the nun said.

In her letter, the nun said the FCC congregation initiated ‘disciplinary action’ against her.

“In my case too, what purports to be ‘disciplinary action’, and what in reality are reprisals, against me commenced only after I stood by the sisters of the Missionaries of Jesus in their efforts to secure justice for the outraged nun,” she said.

“I wish to urge strenuously that the actions initiated against me, and the vindictiveness it reeks of, cannot be understood aright, if they are seen in isolation from the Franco Mulakkal matter as the trigger,” she wrote.

CHANDIGARH:PUNJAB chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday asked the state’s civil and administrative officers to maintain constant vigil and improve coordination with security forces in view of fresh attempts from across the border to revive terror in India in the wake of Kashmir developments.

Around 100-odd men and women attended the first of its kind dinner hosted by any Punjab CM for IAS officers. He pointed out that Punjab, being a border state, was particularly vulnerable.

Asserting that his government would not allow Punjab’s peace and harmony to be disturbed, Captain Amarinder said the role of the IAS officers had become more critical today.