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Pope Francis calls for world peace on Easter Sunday
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], April 17 (ANI): Pope Francis wished a happy Easter to Catholics around the world on Sunday and dedicated his solemn speech to the problem of international conflicts, calling peace efforts "everyone's primary responsibility."
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President congratulates Hanoi Archdiocese ahead of Christmas
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 24 (ANI/VOVWORLD): President Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited and presented gifts to the Hanoi Archdiocese and the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics (CSVC) on Thursday for the upcoming Christmas holiday.
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COVID-19: With burial sites filling up, cremation of Catholics recommended
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 16 (ANI): With an increasing number of COVID casualties and the subsequent shortage of burial sites, the Catholic Diocese of Ahmedabad have been prompted to tell its adherents to consider the cremation of coronavirus victims.
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Pope Francis allows women to serve at Mass, but no to female priests
Updated : 5 years, 4 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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Easter Sunday events in Spain cancelled, communities make masks amid virus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Madrid [Spain], April 11 (ANI): Communities in Spain have cancelled thousands of religious processions, which were likely to be held to commemorate Easter Sunday on April 12, for the first time in nearly 90 years, in view of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Minority groups in China facing repression, says Ministerial to Advance Re
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 27 (ANI): The first-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, that held its meeting in Washington this week, has expressed serious concerns over restrictions on religious freedom in China, particularly on the minority groups such as Uighurs, Hui, Kazakh Musli
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Direct attack on Indian secularism: RSS on Delhi Archbishop's circular
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 22 (ANI): After the Delhi Archbishop called upon all the Catholics to start a year-long prayer campaign ahead of the 2019 general elections, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue Rakesh Sinha termed the move as a "direct attack on Indian secularism and democr
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Chinese Christians facing religious persecution
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Hong Kong [China]/Washington [United States], April 27 (ANI): Authorities in China are cracking down on Christians, taking steps ranging from demolition of churches, desecration of tombs, forbidding children from entering churches, threatening Catholics and denying government subsidies an
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Posters criticising Pope Francis appear in Rome
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Feb. 6 (ANI): Posters critical of Pope Francis appeared on walls around Rome on Saturday, condemning his actions against some conservative Catholics.
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'Inflammatory' pastor to preach to Trump ahead of swearing-in
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], Jan. 20 (ANI): A pastor with a long history of inflammatory remarks against religious minorities including Muslims, Mormons, Catholics and even gays is scheduled to preach at a private service for Donald Trump and his family on Friday, shortly before the President-elect takes
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