RAPHY MANJALY
For a Christian, service to the poor and needy is not an optional matter. In a way it is his\her first and greatest religious duty. We have it from the mouth of Jesus himself. Once a Pharisee, an expert in Jewish law, asked Jesus a question to test him...
Most Rev. Joseph Thykattil was born on 14 February 1952 and was ordained a Priest for the Archdiocese of Agra on 25 April 1988. It was a day of immense joy for the entire Archdiocese of Agra when Rev. Fr. Joe Thykattil was elected to be the bishop of Gwalior by His Holiness Pope Francis. His Episcopal Consecration and Installation
 
Akbar's Church built in 1598 was the first Catholic Church of Agra and it was the Cathedral of Agra till 1848. The Church was built by the Jesuit Fathers under Akbar's order. ...
In 1604 Akbar gave a written order under his royal seal to build in Agra the Church known up to the present day as his, Akbar's Church. One of those Firmans states that ...