Les évêques indiens élisent le premier président dalit et exigent la fin des lois sur la conversion

Cardinal Anthony Poola has been elected president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), becoming the first Dalit — a member of India’s historically marginalized “untouchable” castes — to lead the nation’s bishops.The election took place during the CBCI’s General Body Meeting, held Feb. 4–10 at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences in Bangalore, according to a Feb. 10 press release from the bishops’ conference.In a statement issued at the conclusion of the meeting, the bishops called for…