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Indian bishop seeks communist election ticket for Catholic
Bishop Manathodath s letter is criticized as being contrary to the Church s opposition to atheism
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Bishop Jacob Manathodath s letter to the Communist Party of India was leaked to the media. (Photo: UCA News)
A Catholic bishop in southern India has courted controversy after he recommended a Catholic to the Communist Party of India (CPI) as a church-backed candidate for an election in Kerala.
Bishop Jacob Manathodath of Palakkad wrote to CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran seeking a party ticket for Catholic industrialist Isaac Varghese.
The bishop also pledged Christians support for the party if it nominated Varghese for the Mannarkkad constituency. ....

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