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Explosion outside Catholic church in Indonesia's Makassar
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], March 28 (ANI): An explosion occurred outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, The Jakarta Post reported citing police.
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Amid rubble in Mosul left by ISIS, Pope Francis declares hope as 'more pow
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Mosul [Iraq], March 8 (ANI): Standing amid the rubble left by the now defeated ISIS terrorists in Iraq, Pope Francis on Sunday said that hope is "more powerful than hatred and peace more powerful than war."
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Pope Francis allows women to serve at Mass, but no to female priests
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], January 12 (ANI): Pope Francis has changed the laws of the Roman Catholic Church to formally allow women to serve at the altar, give readings from the Bible during Mass and administer communion, yet they remain barred from ordained priesthood.
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Cardinal of Catholic church seeks PM's attention in matters related to min
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 16 (ANI): Mizoram Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai on Monday said that the cardinal and others holding higher positions of Catholic churches have handed over a memorandum to him to further give it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to bring several issues to his
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No change in Catholic Church's teachings on family life, homosexuality: Ke
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], October 22 (ANI): Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council (KCBC) on Thursday issued a statement regarding the news that Pope Francis declared support for civil union laws for same-sex couples.
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Kerala's Syro Malabar Church requests CM to open worship places
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 16 (ANI): Syro Malabar Catholic Church Major Archbishop George Alencherry has written to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan requesting that places of worship should be allowed to open subject to social distancing and other conditions laid down by
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Coronavirus: Do not kiss Holy Cross, says Archbishop Goa
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Mar 15 (ANI): In order to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Roman Catholic Church in Goa on Saturday issued an advisory, directing people not to kiss the Holy Cross and urged priests to purify their hands with sanitisers.
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Delhi : Man arrested for attempting to steal mobile in Church
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 26 (ANI): Delhi Police on Thursday arrested an 18-year-old person for attempting to steal a mobile phone of a devotee at the Catholic Church Gole Dak Khana on Christmas.
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Expelled Kerala nun writes to Vatican against dismissal from congregation
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], Oct 29 (ANI): A Kerala nun has approached the Vatican, the highest seat in the Roman Catholic church hierarchy, against her dismissal from her congregation.
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Canonisation of Mariam Thresia is matter of pride for every Indian: PM Mod
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed happiness over the canonisation of Mariam Thresia, foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family.
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Kerala nun approaches Rome against dismissal from congregation
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Ernakulam (Kerala) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): Lucy Kalappura, the nun who participated in the protest against rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal, has filed an appeal before the Catholic Church in Rome against her dismissal from the congregation on disciplinary grounds.
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Goa church opposes setting up of garbage treatment plant at Bainguinim
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 28 (ANI): Influential Roman Catholic Church expressed its opposition to setting up of a garbage treatment plant proposed near the historically significant Old Goa Church complex at Bainguinim near Panaji, Goa, on Sunday.
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