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Belgaum diocese Bishop Derek Fernandes was seen wearing saffron robes and stirs up controversy. The pictures were posted on Twitter by Savio Rodrigues and has since gone viral on social media. The bishop is believed to have been performing the sacrament of the Eucharist. 

The Syro-Malabar Church has over 30 dioceses in India, US, Canada, Australia and Britain, serving over five million faithful.

The Catholic Church told the media that rape-accused Franco Mulakkal features in the 2019 calendar because he is still a bishop even though there is a case against him

Karakkamala parish has withdrawn the disciplinary action taken against Manathavadi diocese member Sister Lucy Kalappura, who had supported the protest staged by nuns against Bishop Franco Mulakkal in Kochi, Kerala.
 

People also allege that Bishop Franco fears that the church leadership may stand against him if gets arrested when he sits as the chief of the diocese

Jalandhar diocese Bishop Franco Mulakkal has been accused of rape and unnatural sex with Kerala nun multiple times between 2014 and 2016.

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled last week a version with some names blacked out can be made public as early as next week. The court said it had identified more than 300 'predator priests' in the six dioceses

The nun, in her complaint to the police, had alleged that the Jalandhar Diocese bishop had sexually abused her in 2014. She alleged that he raped her 13 times between 2014 and 2016