Comments from outgoing CBCI president criticized by lay leadership group, turned into parting shot by conference

Comments from outgoing CBCI president criticized by lay leadership group, turned into parting shot by conference

Allegations of Islamist interference in Catholic Church affairs in India have a significant Catholic lay organization in the far southwest of the country calling for more details from the prelate who made the claims, or else to abandon his contentions. The tensions have flared in the far southwest of India, where Catholic clergy and faithful are working to heal and move forward after a protracted dispute over liturgical practice in the 4.5-milli…