The church organised special prayer service presided by Archbishop Bernard Moraes. In the evening the relic was shifted to St Anthony Church, Thembuchetty Road.
According to the priests in the Archdiocese, the relic will be in the City till Sunday evening after which it will be taken to other parts of the country. The relic began its tour from Italy to observe the 150th death anniversary of the saint and will travel to 92 countries.
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