According to the General Social Survey from 2018, 23.1% of all respondents said that they have no religious affiliation. That means that roughly a third of people don’t belong to any organized religion. Does this suggest that we are going to enter a future where more people grow up in non-religious homes? Maybe, but we must wait another 5-10 years.
An Indian bishop, Franco Mulakkal, was charged on Tuesday with raping a nun several times between 2014 and 2016. The investigation was carried out in the district of the southern state of Kerala. Mulakkal — who would face a maximum punishment of life imprisonment if convicted — has denied the allegations. Franco Mulakkal also faces charges of unlawful detention, unnatural sex and abuse of authority.
