There have been several disputes between Catholics and the indigenous Mayan people. Many Catholic churches had been built on ancient Mayan sites during the Spanish colonization of the Americas which has upset the Mayan people not only because it is their land, but because several Catholic priests do not allow the Mayan people to access this land at all.
There have been several disagreements between Catholics and the native Mayan people. The construction of Catholic churches on ancient Mayan ruins during the Spanish colonization period has outraged the Mayans, both because it is their ancestral territory and because certain priests bar them from entering these sites.