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Kerala Nun Rape: Vatican removes Bishop Mulakkal
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 20 (ANI): Senior Catholic priest, Franco Mulakkal, has been temporarily relieved of his pastoral duties by Pope Francis.
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Rape accused Bishop seeks Pope Francis' permission to step down temporaril
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], Sep 17 (ANI): Bishop of Jalandhar diocese, Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a Kerala nun, has written a letter to the Pope Francis, expressing his desire to temporarily step down from the responsibilities of the diocese. The letter has been handed over to Pope's
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Rape accused Bishop seeks Pope Francis' permission to step down temporaril
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], Sep 17 (ANI): Bishop of Jalandhar diocese, Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a Kerala nun, has written a letter to the Pope Francis, expressing his desire to temporarily step down from the responsibilities of the diocese. The letter has been handed over to Pope's
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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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Amidst mistreatment of Pakistani Christians, Vatican elevates Karachi Arch
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): Pope Francis on Thursday elevated Archbishop Joseph Coutts from Karachi as a cardinal.
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Pope Francis to induct new cardinals in June
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Vatican City (Rome) [Italy], May 21 (ANI): Pope Francis on Sunday made an announcement that he would elevate 14 churchmen to the rank of cardinals in the Catholic Church.
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Pope Francis deplores deadly Syrian attack
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican City], Apr 8 (ANI): Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the suspected chemical attack in Syria's rebel-held town of Douma in Eastern Ghouta that killed several civilians.
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Vatican: Pope Francis calls for world peace during annual Easter address
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Vatican City April 1 (ANI): Pope Francis of the Vatican City called for peace in war-struck Gaza and also in the Korean peninsula during his Easter address on Sunday.
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Pope Francis calls on youth to stand and speak out
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Rome [Italy], Mar 26 (ANI): Pope Francis on Sunday called on the youth across the world to continue standing up and speaking out, a day after thousands of people, mostly students protested against gun violence in the "March for Our Lives" rally in Washington D.C. and elsewhere in the US.
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Pope Francis calls for 'truthful' journalism
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican City], Jan 25 (ANI): Pope Francis on Wednesday urged journalists across the world to rediscover the "dignity of journalism" and shun reporting of fake news, calling it as "evil".
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Pope Francis performs mid-air marriage
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Santiago [Chile], Jan 19 (ANI): Pope Francis notched up another first by performing a wedding of two flight attendants from Chile's flagship airline at 36,000 feet during a flight from Santiago .
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Pope Francis apologises for clerical sexual abuse in Chile
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Santiago [Chile], Jan 17 (ANI): Pope Francis has apologised for 'irreparable damage' done to children who were raped and molested by priests in Chile.
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