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Pope Francis to deliver Sunday prayers via livestream instead of papal win
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Rome [Italy], Mar 8 (ANI): Instead of addressing the crowd from a window overlooking St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis will deliver Sunday prayers via a livestream video from a library inside the Vatican because of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, officials have said.
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Pope denounces violence against women in New Year speech, apologies after
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Jan 1 (ANI): Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the people to denounce violence against women in his New Year message, hours after slapping a woman's hand to free himself from her grip.
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Pope Francis appeal nations to embrace refugees in Christmas Day message
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Dec 26 (ANI): Pope Francis has, once again, directed the world's attention to the plight of migrants in his annual Christmas speech, appealing to all countries to take responsibility and embrace the refugees who have been displaced from areas plagued by conflict, social and pol
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Pope Francis, in Nagasaki, urges world leaders to renounce nukes
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Nov 24 (ANI): Pope Francis on Sunday strongly condemned the use of nuclear weapons and an increase in global arms trade as he paid tribute to the victims of the atomic bomb attack in Nagasaki.
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Kim Jong-un sends condolence message to South Korean President, over his m
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Oct 31 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Thursday extended a condolence message to the South Korean President Moon Jae-in, over his mother's demise.
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6 killed in Colombia military chopper crash
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], Oct 28 (Sputnik/ANI): Six people died as a result of a military helicopter's crash in the central Colombian municipality of Alban, the country's air force said on Sunday.
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V Muraleedharan meets Pope Francis in Vatican City
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Vatican City, Oct 13 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Sunday met Pope Francis in Vatican City and presented him the copy of 'Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi' and 'Caparisoned Elephant' of Kerala temple festivals.
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Sister Mariam Thresia to become third Kerala woman to be canonised at Vati
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Thrissur (Kerala) [India], Sept 29 (ANI): The state of Kerala, which is considered the 'cradle of Christianity' in South Asia, is on its way to becoming a 'cradle of Saints' with the canonisation of Sister Mariam Thresia slated to be held next month. She is the fourth from the state who w
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Canonisation of Mariam Thresia is matter of pride for every Indian: PM Mod
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed happiness over the canonisation of Mariam Thresia, foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family.
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Pope to declare Mariam Thresia Chiramel 'saint' on October 13
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kerala [India], July 4 (ANI): Pope Francis on Thursday said that he will declare Mariam Thresia Chiramel, an Indian nun 'a saint' on October 13 this year.
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Pope Francis appeals for peace in Sudan following military crackdown
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican City] Jun 9 (ANI): In the wake of the recent military crackdown in Sudan that left at least 113 pro-democracy protestors dead last week, Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for peace and resumption of dialogues between the opposing factions in the African country.
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Pope Francis equates abortion to 'hiring hitman,' says it's unacceptable
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 26 (ANI): Pope Francis on Saturday said abortion was always unacceptable, regardless of whether a fetus is fatally ill or has pathological disorders.
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