Indian Penal Officials Bar Easter Mass At Jail Because Of Wine

UCAN reports that a stir over religious freedom has erupted in the southern Indian state of Kerala. On Easter Sunday, officials at a federal jail in Thiruvananthapuram refused to allow three priests into the jail to conduct Easter mass. Officials said that the wine the priests were bringing in for mass was liquor that was prohibited by jail rules. This is the first time in 94 years that officials have prevented Easter mass from being conducted in the jail.