Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Major Archbishop Mar Raphael Thattil, the head of the Syro-Malabar Church and other senior Church leaders, in New Delhi. The meeting was described as cordial and constructive, focusing on issues concerning the Church, Christian minorities, and their role in India’s development.

In a post on X, the Prime Minister said he had a “wonderful interaction with the head of the Syro-Malabar Church, Major Archbishop His Beatitude Most Rev. Mar Raphael Thattil, His Grace Archbishop Dr. Kuriakose Bharanikulangara and others.”

The delegation, led by Major Archbishop Thattil, included Archbishop Bharanikulangara of the Faridabad Archdiocese and bishops representing the Syro-Malabar Church – the largest among the three Eastern Catholic Churches in Kerala that

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