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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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Kerala: Catholic priests call off hunger strike
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 21 (ANI): A section of the priests of Archdiocese of Angamaly and Ernakulam have called off their hunger strike, Father Kuriakose Mundadan, secretary of the Presbyteral Council, said.
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Goans make a splash with 'Sao Joao'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Goa [India], June 24 (ANI): Locals in Goa flocked to swimming pools and small ponds to celebrate the traditional Catholic festival 'Sao Joao' across the coastal state on Monday.
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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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Attack on religious procession kills 4 in Burkina Faso
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kongoussi [Burkina Faso], May 16 (ANI): Four people were killed when a Catholic procession was attacked by unidentified armed men in Zimtenga here, church authorities said on Wednesday.
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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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Victims of clerical sexual abuse hold protests near Vatican
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Rome [Italy], Feb 24 (ANI): Scores of victims, who were allegedly sexually abused by members from the Catholic clergy as children, held protests near the Vatican on Saturday (local time).
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Kerala priest jailed for raping minor girl
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 16 (ANI): A local court in Kerala on Saturday awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to a Catholic priest for raping and impregnating a minor girl in Kannur district during 2016.
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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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