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Ready to nominate civil activists for Presidency if no consensus by politi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 12 (ANI): Sri Lankan Buddhist priest Omalpe Sobitha Thera said that if the political parties were not able to reach a consensus on appointing a new President, the clergy are ready to nominate five civil society activists suitable for the position.
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Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka hosts Iftar dinner in Colombo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 8 (ANI): High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay, hosted an Iftar dinner in Colombo on Friday which was attended by the Finance Minister of Sri Lanka, Ali Sabry, members of the clergy and religious scholars.
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Israel Consulate commemorates Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day in Bengaluru
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 28 (ANI): The International Holocaust Remembrance Day was commemorated by the Consulate General of Israel to South India (Bengaluru) on Wednesday in the presence of heads of diplomatic missions and clergy.
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Pakistan's clergy enjoys hegemony over state, religion
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): While the clergy in Pakistan enjoy uninterrupted power and hegemony over the State and religion, a constitutionally sanctioned body of clerics, the council Islamic Ideology (CII), has a responsibility of ensuring that no legislation or policy contradicts
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Pakistani mullahs in league with terrorists, responsible for acts like Pul
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 16 (ANI): The Pakistan government has given a free hand to the 'mullahs' (Muslim clergymen) who closely collaborate with terrorist groups and create problems worldwide, like the recent terror attack in Pulwama, leaders of the country's persecuted Ahmadiyya commun
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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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Abusive clergy tools of Satan: Pope
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican City], Feb 25 (ANI): Ending the four-day summit on "The Protection of Minors in the Church" here, Pope Francis called clergymen who perpetrated sexual abuse as "tools of Satan," on Sunday (local time).
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Victims of clerical sexual abuse hold protests near Vatican
Updated : 7 years, 1 month 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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Pope Francis rebukes priestly sex abusers
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican City], Dec 21 (ANI): Pope Francis, in his annual Christmas speech to the Vatican bureaucracy, called out sexual abusers from within the clergy and asked them to "convert and hand themselves over to human justice".
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Judgement unfortunate, clergy decides essential features of religion: Owai
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept 27 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday expressed his disillusionment with the Supreme Court's decision on the 1994 Ismail Faruqui verdict and called it "unfortunate" and that "it was upon clergy to d
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Kerala nun rape: Vatican forms probe panel, accused bishop writes to clerg
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 15 (ANI): The Vatican, the highest seat of authority in the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, has formed a one-member panel to probe the rape allegations against the Bishop of Jalandhar, Franco Mulakkal.
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Pope Francis condemns child abuse in Catholic church
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Dublin (Ireland), Aug 26 (ANI): During his visit to Ireland, Pope Francis spoke on the issue of child abuse in the Catholic Church and said that he shared the sentiments that led to an outrage over the 'appalling crimes'.
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