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FILE- In this Feb. 18, 2012 file photo, the then-elected cardinal George Alencherry, of India, center, is greeted by nuns after being elevated in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.India’s Catholic Church, already rocked by allegations that a bishop raped a nun, is facing an uprising by hundreds of priests against one of the country’s four cardinals following his reinstatement by Pope Francis. Francis last year effectively suspended Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the eastern rite Syro-Malabar church in the southern Indian state of Kerala, amid a controversy over disputed land sales. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

FILE- In this Feb. 18, 2012 file photo, the then-elected cardinal George Alencherry, of India, center, is greeted by nuns after being elevated in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.India’s Catholic Church, already rocked by allegations that a bishop raped a nun, is facing an uprising by hundreds of priests against one of the country’s four cardinals following his reinstatement by Pope Francis. Francis last year effectively suspended Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the eastern rite Syro-Malabar church in the southern Indian state of Kerala, amid a controversy over disputed land sales. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

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