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PM Modi arrives in Vatican City to meet Pope Francis ahead of G20 Summit
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], October 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the Vatican City on Saturday to meet Pope Francis ahead of the highly anticipated Group of 20 (G20) Summit.
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Religious leaders at Vatican City make joint appeal on climate change
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], October 7 (ANI): Pope Francis and other religious leaders made a joint appeal for next month's UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) to offer concrete solutions to save the planet from "an unprecedented ecological crisis".
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Pope Francis undergoes surgery for colon diverticulitis
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], July 4 (ANI): Pope Francis is undergoing surgery for "colon diverticulitis," Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni told CNN on Sunday.
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Pope Francis expresses sorrow over mass grave of indigenous children found
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], June 6 (ANI): Pope Francis on Sunday expressed sorrow over the findings of the remains of more than 200 indigenous children at a former indigenous boarding school in western Canada, which was run by the Church.
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John Kerry meets Pope Francis, discusses global challenges caused by the c
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Rome [Italy] May 16, (ANI): The United States Special Presidential Envoy for climate John Kerry on Saturday met with Pope Francis and discussed about the global challenges caused by the climate crisis.
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Pope reappears in Apostolic Palace window to address faithful for 1st time
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Pope Francis addressed the faithful with the Sunday prayer from the window of the Vatican Apostolic Palace for the first time since late December as Italy began gradually easing coronavirus-related restrictions.
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Pope Francis likely to get vaccinated against COVID-19 next week
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], January 10 (ANI): Pope Francis has said that the Vatican will initiate Covid-19 vaccinations from next week and that he is in line to receive a vaccine dose.
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In a first, Pope Francis calls China's Uyghurs 'persecuted'
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], November 25 (ANI): Pope Francis has for the first time called Chinese Muslim Uyghurs a "persecuted" people, breaking his silence over Beijing's atrocities on its minorities.
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Pope Francis declares support for civil union laws for same sex couples
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], October 21 (ANI): Pope Francis declared support for civil unions for same-sex couples for the first time as pontiff during an interview for a documentary film, that premiered on Wednesday at the Rome Film festival.
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Dissident says CCP pays off Vatican $2 billion annually for its silence on
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 29 (ANI): Exiled Chinese dissident Guo Wengei has revealed that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) allocates USD two billion every year to pay off the Vatican for its silence concerning atrocities by Beijing.
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Pope Francis offers first public mass as Italy eases coronavirus restricti
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], May 18 (ANI): Pope Francis on Monday offered public mass at St Peter's Basilica here, the first in two months, as restrictions imposed due to coronavirus pandemic were eased.
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Pope calls for global solidarity to confront 'epochal challenge' posed by
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican], April 12 (ANI): Pope Francis in his traditional Easter address on Sunday delivered a message of hope calling for solidarity across the world to confront the "epochal challenge" posed by the coronavirus pandemic.
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