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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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Victims of clerical sexual abuse hold protests near Vatican
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Rome [Italy], Feb 24 (ANI): Scores of victims, who were allegedly sexually abused by members from the Catholic clergy as children, held protests near the Vatican on Saturday (local time).
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Vatican dismisses former US cardinal over sexual abuse allegations
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 17 (ANI): The Vatican has defrocked former United States cardinal, Theodore McCarrick, after a church trial found him guilty of sexually abusing minors.
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1,200-year-old Bible found in southeastern Turkey
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kayapinar [Turkey], Feb 5 (ANI): Authorities have seized a Bible that is believed to be 1,200 years old from the possession of three smugglers in an operation undertaken here on Monday.
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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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Kerala Nun Rape: Vatican removes Bishop Mulakkal
Updated : 7 years, 5 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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Kerala nun rape: Activist on hunger strike hospitalized
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Sep 16 (ANI): Activist Stephen Mathew, who has been on a hunger strike for the past nine days demanding the arrest of rape-accused Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, was hospitalised after his health deteriorated earlier in the day.
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Kerala nun rape: Vatican forms probe panel, accused bishop writes to clerg
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 15 (ANI): The Vatican, the highest seat of authority in the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, has formed a one-member panel to probe the rape allegations against the Bishop of Jalandhar, Franco Mulakkal.
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Anti-church elements behind rape charges: Jalandhar Bishop
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], Sep 11 (ANI): Crying foul over the rape allegations against himself, Bishop of Jalandhar, Franco Mulackal, has accused 'anti-church elements' of falsely implicating him.
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Raped Kerala nun seeks justice from the Vatican
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Sep 11 (ANI): The nun, who levelled rape allegations against Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulackal, has appealed to the Vatican seeking justice.
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Amidst mistreatment of Pakistani Christians, Vatican elevates Karachi Arch
Updated : 7 years, 8 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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