Major Archbishop Maran Mar Raphael Thattil, the incumbent to the Holy Throne of Mar Thoma Sleeha and the Father and Head of the Syro-Malabar Church is on his first official visit to Rome and to His Holiness Pope Mar Francis.
He was welcomed at the Airport by Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Oriental Churches and Mar Stephen Chirappanath, Apostolic visitator for the Syro Malabar Church in…
