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Knights of Malta challenge Pope Francis's authority over condom row
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Jan. 12 (ANI): Pope Francis is facing an extraordinary challenge to his authority from an ancient Catholic order, the Knights of Malta, that is refusing to cooperate with a Vatican investigation into the sacking of a top official over the distribution of tens of thousands of con
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Pope Francis urges Assad to protect Syria's civilians
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec. 13 (ANI): Pope Francis in an appeal to Bashar al-Assad has urged the Syrian President to respect international humanitarian law and to protect the rights of civilians in the war-torn country.
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'Silence' director Martin Scorsese meets Pope Francis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 1 (ANI): Critically acclaimed director Martin Scorsese recently met Pope Francis at the Vatican City a day after his new film 'Silence' was shown to an audience of 300 Jesuit priests at a pontifical college.
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Pope extends Catholic priests' right to forgive abortion
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Nov. 21 (ANI): Pope Francis has extended the powers of Catholic priests to forgive abortions.
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'Messiah' of the poor Mother Teresa now a saint
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Vatican City [Italy], Sept. 4 (ANI): Mother Teresa was on Sunday declared a saint by Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church at a canonisation ceremony in Rome's Vatican City.
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Canonization ceremony of Mother Teresa begins at St. Peter's Square
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Vatican City [Italy], Sept. 4 (ANI): Canonization ceremony of Mother Teresa has begun at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City where she will be declared a 'saint' by Pope Francis.
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Devotees all excited to witness Mother Teresa's canonisation ceremony
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Vatican City (Rome) [Italy], Sept. 4 (ANI): With Mother Teresa to be declared a saint by Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church in a canonisation ceremony in Vatican City today, devotees are all prepared to witness the grand event.
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Mother Teresa to be declared saint today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 4 (ANI): Mother Teresa will be declared a saint by Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church in a canonisation ceremony in Vatican City on Sunday.
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Mother Teresa was an embodiment of compassion: President Mukherjee
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 3 (ANI): Expressing happiness that Mother Teresa will be canonized by Pope Francis tomorrow at the Vatican City, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said she was an embodiment of compassion.
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Pope visits Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp in Poland
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York, July 29 (ANI): On the second day of his maiden five-day tour to Poland, Pope Francis visited the infamous German Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz to pay tribute to more than one million people, mostly Jews, who lost their lives during World War II.
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