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Cardinal George Pell reaches Australia to face sexual abuse charges
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], Jul 10 (ANI): Australia's highest-ranking Catholic, Cardinal George Pell on Monday arrived here to face sexual abuse charges framed against him in Melbourne later this month.
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Catholic crosses desecrated: Parrikar claims 'attempts being made to
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 5 (ANI): In wake of desecration of religious symbols and Temples in South-Goa, state chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said specific attempts are being made to create tension in the region.
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Australia's seniormost Catholic official charged with sexual assault
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], June 29 (ANI): The most senior member of the Catholic Church in Australia, Cardinal George Pell, has been charged with multiple historical sexual assault offences, Victoria Deputy Police Commissioner Shane Patton said on Thursday.
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Indian-origin Varadkar set to become 1st gay PM of Ireland
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], June 3 (ANI): Leo Varadkar, an openly gay Irish minister of Indian-origin, is widely tipped to become the next prime minister of Ireland, thus giving the Catholic nation its first leader of Asian descent.
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Amid cattle trade norm row, Amit Shah meets Bishops in Kerala
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India] June 2 (ANI): At a time when relations are going rough between the state and the Centre over ban on cattle slaughter for sale, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Friday met the leaders of Christian dioceses including Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar and
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Pope Francis welcomes Trump at the Vatican
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Vatican City, May 24 (ANI): Head of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Francis today welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump to the Vatican for their first face-to-face meeting.
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Pope Francis to canonise children at Fatima shrine
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.], May 13 (ANI): Pope Francis has arrived in the Portuguese town of Fatima, the symbol of peace to honour two children whose visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago marked one of the most important events of the 20th-century Catholic church.
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Mumbai Catholic associations protest over demolition of cross
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May. 3 (ANI): Mumbai Catholic Associations on Wednesday held a silent protest against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) after they demolished a 122-year old holy cross in the city's Bazar Road area.
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Rwandan genocide: Pope Francis seeks forgiveness for Church's 'f
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Mar. 21 (ANI): Seeking forgiveness from Rwandan President Paul Kagame for the "sins and failings" of the Catholic Church during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Pope Francis expressed solidarity with the victims and with those who continue to suffer the consequences of t
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Melbourne church attack: Our Consulate in touch with Indian priest, says S
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 20 (ANI): Day after Indian catholic priest Father Tomy Kalathoor Mathew was attacked in a church in Australia, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj took cognizance of the matter saying that the former was taken to the hospital and Indian Consulate officials were in
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Indian Catholic priest stabbed in Melbourne church in apparent hate crime
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Mar. 20 (ANI): In an apparent hate crime, an Indian Catholic priest was attacked by a 72-year-old man while leading the Sunday mass in a Melbourne church, according to media reports.
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Pope Francis open to 'married' Catholic men becoming priests?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Mar. 11 (ANI): Pope Francis has hinted at being okay to married men becoming priests, in order to tackle the shortage of the Roman Catholic Church's clergy.
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