New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met a delegation of senior bishops from the Syro-Malabar Church who met him in the national capital to discuss issues concerning the Church and the Christian community in India.

“I am always at your service,” the Prime Minister told the delegation.

The delegation, led by Major Archbishop Mar Raphael Thattil, included Archbishop Mar Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of the Faridabad Archdiocese and other senior bishops representing the Syro-Malabar Church.

In Kerala, three Churches owe their allegiance to the Pope, and the Syro-Malabar Church is the most powerful.

The meeting, described as cordial and constructive, focused on matters relating to the welfare of Christian minorities and their role in India’s social and developmental framework.

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