2 Vatican officials denied visa for Bengaluru meet

February 05, 2015 08:32

The Catholic church alleged that two key Vatican officials who were to address the 27th national assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India in Bengaluru which began on February 3 had been denied visa.

Cardinal Oswald Gracias, CCBI president, said the 140 bishops from across the world are attending the assembly that commenced yesterday. Though the two officials had applied for visa in mid-December, their applications were kept pending till the last minute and rejected, a CCBI statement said.

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