Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has emphasised on the role of churches and the faithful in supporting development efforts that are both relevant for the current times and necessary to secure the future of generations to come.
He was speaking while inaugurating a felicitation ceremony in honour of the newly-ordained Thiruvananthapuram Archbishop Thomas J. Netto here on Sunday.
Mr. Vijayan reminisced the yeoman service that had been rendered by the Church in providing land to establish the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station that has been instrumental in the growth of space science in the country.
