The Vatican has dismissed an appeal by a Kerala nun, challenging the Franciscan Clarist Congregation\u2019s decision to expel her for \u201cfailing to give a satisfactory explanation for her lifestyle in violation of FCC laws\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sister Lucy Kalappura, who took part in a protest seeking the arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun, was expelled by the FCC in August this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The congregation had charged her with publishing poems, purchasing a car and taking part in a protest against the rape accused former bishop of Jalandhar diocese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Challenging the decision, the nun filed the appeal before the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in Vatican against the FCCs decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Vatican has dismissed her appeal,\u201d a church source said here without elaborating.Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro has conveyed to the congregation the decision taken by the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs you will see, the Congregation has rejected the Recourse presented by Sister Kalapura.If she will consider that the present decree is against her lawful rights, she can present a new recourse to the Supreme Tribunal of the Segnatura Apostolica within the peremptory term prescribed by the law,\u201d the Nuncio said in his letter to the FCC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reacting to the decision, the nun said it was taken without hearing her part.The nun said she would not leave the convent as she has not done anything wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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