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Pope extends Catholic priests' right to forgive abortion
Updated : 8 years, 6 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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Father, priest arrested for stopping denying breast feed of newborn
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Calicut (Kerala) [India], Nov. 5 (ANI): In a shocking incident, police on Saturday arrested the father of a new born and a priest for stopping his wife from breast feeding it until the five calls for prayer were heard from a nearby mosque.
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Tokyo brings in priests from India to pray for stronger ties with Japan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Oct. 22 (ANI): Priests from all over India recently performed a mega non-stop prayer-cum-ritual for nine days to strengthen political and spiritual relations between India and Japan.
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Pankaja Munde has always abused power: NCP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct. 9 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party accused Maharashtra State Minister and BJP leader Pankaja Munde of continuously misusing her power after an audio clip surfaced in which she is purportedly heard "threatening" a priest of the Bhagwangad hill
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Assamese priest brings dropouts back to school
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam), Aug.18 (ANI): Insurgent activities in the northeastern states have severely affected education, leading many children to dropout. However, social entrepreneurs like Father K.A. Thomas have not given up hope and taken it up as a mission to bring these dropouts back into scho
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In a first, Dalit woman appointed as priest in Gokarnanatha Temple
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mangalore, Aug 6 (ANI): Breaking all stereotypes, a Dalit woman has been appointed as priest in Kudroli Gokarnanatha Temple in Karnataka's Mangalore city.
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Muslim leaders deny burial for French priest killer
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York, July 31 (ANI): Muslim community leaders have refused to bury Adel Kermiche (19), one of the terrorists who killed a Catholic priest in northern France.
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Priest killed, hostage takers neutralised in France church attack
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London, July 26 (ANI): French police on Tuesday said that a priest has been killed in the Normandy region of northern France after two men armed with knives took hostages in a church before being shot dead.
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Making continuous efforts to locate Father Tom, will bring him home: Sushm
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): After the purported video of kidnapped Father Tom being tortured by the ISIS cropped up on social media, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday asserted that the Centre was doing everything in its power to bring the Malayalee priest back home safely.
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ISIS abducted Kerala priest's torture footage posted on Facebook
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi, July 20 (ANI): A video clipping allegedly of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, a Catholic priest from Kerala who was abducted by Islamic State militants in Yemen has surfaced on Facebook page.
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Priestess in Kanpur defends temple cleaning post Dalit women charges(Updat
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kanpur, July 15 (ANI): Refuting charges of caste discrimination, the priestess at Chaturbhuj Temple in Mangalpur village of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur city have said that cleaning of the premises is a regular affair.
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