Kochi, Jun 5 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah met Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, a senior bishop of the Catholic church, during his visit to Kerala on Sunday.

Shah, who was on a brief visit to the city to take part in the silver jubilee celebrations of a private hospital here, met the Bishop and other priests at a hotel near the International Airport here.

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"During my visit to Kochi met Archbishop of Thrissur Andrews Thazhath, Fr Renny Mundenkurian and Fr Alex Maprani," Shah tweeted with a photograph of the meeting.

However, details of the meeting with the senior Bishop of the Catholic church are yet to be known. The church has not yet reacted to it.

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Archbishop is also the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India.

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