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Cardinal Ranjith calls on govt to step down over Easter Sunday bombings
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 22 (ANI): Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the head of Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church, has called for the government to step down due to its alleged failure to prevent Easter Sunday bombings that claimed the lives of more than 250 people.
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Cry to rebuild old Roman Catholic church at Dhanushkodi in TN gets louder
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhanushkodi (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 5 (ANI): Once what used to be a roman catholic church here is now a neglected monument. Locals and many tourists are urging the government to rebuild the church.
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4 killed in Burkina Faso church attack
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso], May 27 (ANI): At least four people lost their lives after a group of heavily armed individuals attacked a Catholic church in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday morning.
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Burkina Faso: 6 killed in church shooting
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Silgadji [Burkina Faso], May 13 (ANI): At least six people, including a priest, were killed after gunmen opened fire at congregants outside a Catholic church in Burkina Faso on Sunday.
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Pope Francis issues new rules requiring priests, nuns to report sexual abu
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Vatican city [Vatican city], May 9 (ANI): Pope Francis issued new laws for the Catholic Church on Thursday, mandating that all priests and nuns report sexual abuse and cover-ups to church authorities.
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Duterte claims Catholic church will 'disappear in 25 years'
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Manila [Phillipines], Feb 27 (ANI): In the wake of sexual abuse allegations against clergymen, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has claimed that the Catholic church will "disappear in almost 25 years."
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Delhi HC dismisses plea seeking SIT or CBI probe into sexual abuse in Cath
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL seeking directions to the Centre and Delhi government to hold a SIT or CBI investigation under the supervision of the court into incidents of sexual abuse of children and nuns allegedly by Catholic clergies.
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Delhi HC dismisses plea seeking CBI or SIT probe into allegations of sexua
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the PIL seeking directions to the Centre and Delhi state to hold a thorough investigation in the incidents of sexual abuses of children and nuns by catholic clergies, by a SIT or Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
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Shooting at Houston kills 1, probe initiated
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Houston [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): A 66-year-old woman was shot dead while a 31-year-old person is grimly injured in a shooting at the parking lot of Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church here on Thursday (local time).
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Catholic Churches yet to overcome sexual abuse of minors: German Cardinal
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Fulda [Germany], Sept 25 (ANI): A new study on sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests under the domain of German Bishops' Conference indicates that the problem remains largely unresolved and more than 50 per cent of the accused go unpunished.
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Kerala nun rape: Culprit will not be spared, says minister
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Sep 21 (ANI): The Kerala government on Friday assured that justice will be done and the culprit will not be spared in the alleged nun rape case.
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Will take call on bishop's arrest after interrogation: Kerala police
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Sep 21 (ANI): The Kerala Police on Friday said that they will take call on the arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who allegedly raped a nun, after his interrogation.
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