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Abusive clergy tools of Satan: Pope
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican City], Feb 25 (ANI): Ending the four-day summit on "The Protection of Minors in the Church" here, Pope Francis called clergymen who perpetrated sexual abuse as "tools of Satan," on Sunday (local time).
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Vatican spokesperson, deputy resign
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Vatican City, Dec 31 (ANI): Vatican spokesperson Greg Burke resigned on Monday.
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Pope Francis rebukes priestly sex abusers
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican City], Dec 21 (ANI): Pope Francis, in his annual Christmas speech to the Vatican bureaucracy, called out sexual abusers from within the clergy and asked them to "convert and hand themselves over to human justice".
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Pope Francis to induct new cardinals in June
Updated : 7 years, 9 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, 11 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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Rome's Colosseum turns red to remember persecuted Christians
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Vatican City [Rome], Feb 26 (ANI): The Colosseum, Rome's most famous landmark, was on Saturday lit up in red to mark solidarity with people persecuted in foreign countries, particularly Pakistan, for their faith.
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Pope Francis calls for 'truthful' journalism
Updated : 8 years, 1 month 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 names Spanish Archbishop as head of Vatican doctrine
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Vatican City, July 1 (ANI): Pope Francis has named Spanish Archbishop Luis Ladaria Ferrer to replace German Cardinal Gerhard Mueller as head of the Vatican's doctrine watchdog, according to media reports.
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Donald Trump arrives in Brussels to attend NATO summit
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 25 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump arrived in Brussels on the fourth leg of his first foreign trip since taking office after visiting Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Vatican City.
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Pope Francis welcomes Trump at the Vatican
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Vatican City, May 24 (ANI): Head of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Francis today welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump to the Vatican for their first face-to-face meeting.
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Pope Francis condemns Egypt church attack
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Vatican City, Apr. 9 (ANI): Pope Francis has condemned the terror attack on a Coptic church dedicated to St. George - Mar Girgis - in the city of Tanta, north of Cairo, which killed at least 21 people and injured nearly 60 others.
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