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Will end badly: Pope warns Trump over mass deportation programme in letter to US bishops
World | February 11, 2025 18:13 ISTPope Francis on Tuesday warned the Trump administration over its mass deportation programme saying, "What is built on the basis of force, and not on the truth about the equal dignity of every human being, begins badly and will end badly."
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Pope Francis stumbles while walking, avoids falling; audience applauds 'Viva il Papa'
World | February 01, 2025 16:40 ISTWhile entering the Vatican auditorium on Saturday, Pope Francis stumbled as the handle of his walking stick snapped. However, he recovered and avoided falling with the audience applauding “Viva il Papa”
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Pope Francis falls and hurts his arm, says Vatican weeks after chin injury on another trip
World | January 16, 2025 22:16 ISTThe recent injury comes weeks after the 88-year-old Pope hurt his chin on his nightstand in an apparent fall on December 7, the Vatican has said in a statement.
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US President Joe Biden honours Pope Francis with Presidential Medal of Freedom
World | January 12, 2025 7:09 ISTPresidential Medal of Freedom: The White House said Joe Biden bestowed the award to the pope during a phone call in which they also discussed efforts to promote peace and alleviate suffering around the world.
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Pope Francis names first woman to head major Vatican office | Know who is Sister Simona Brambilla
World | January 06, 2025 18:30 ISTBrambilla's appointment is the latest move by Francis to show by example how women can take leadership roles within the Catholic hierarchy, albeit without allowing them to be ordained as priests.
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Pope Francis opens historic 'Holy Door' at Rome prison to mark Catholic jubilee celebration
News | December 26, 2024 18:40 ISTPope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome's main prison bringing a message of hope to inmates. The opening of the Holy Door at the Basilica officially kicked off the Jubilee year.
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Pope's explosive claim on birthday: 'Suicide bombers planned to attack me during visit to Iraq but'
World | December 17, 2024 16:44 ISTExcerpts from his upcoming autobiography reveal that suicide bombers had plotted to attack him during his 2021 visit to Iraq but were eliminated before carrying out the strike.
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India sends delegation to witness Archbishop Koovakad elevation as cardinal by Pope Francis
India | December 07, 2024 22:14 ISTMonsignor George Jacob Koovakad, a 51-year-old priest from Kerala who organises Pope Francis' international travels since 2020, was among the 21 priests elevated to the rank of cardinal.
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Pope Francis slams Trump, Harris for 'anti-life policies', urges Catholics to vote for 'lesser evil'
World | September 14, 2024 12:42 ISTPope Francis called Trump's pledge to enforce massive deportations for immigrants "a grave sin" while slamming Kamala Harris for her stance on abortion, likening it to an "assassination". He called on American Catholics to vote for the "lesser evil" in November.
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Pope praises Indonesians for maintaining bigger families, questions choosing pets over children
World | September 04, 2024 21:15 ISTPope Francis questioned families in other countries that he says prefer to have pets rather than children. The pontiff said Indonesia is "an example for everyone."
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Kerala: Congress tenders apology to Christians over controversial post on PM Modi-Pope Francis meet
India | June 17, 2024 21:10 ISTThe BJP in Kerala on Sunday hit out at the Congress party in the state over its social media post on Modi's meeting with Pope Francis during the G7 Summit and alleged that it's X handle was seemingly run by "radical Islamists or Urban Naxals."
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Handshakes, hugs mark PM Modi's first overseas visit to Italy post-re-election at G7 Summit | PIC
World | June 15, 2024 0:01 ISTPM Modi arrived in southern Italy to attend the Outreach session of the G7 Summit and held bilateral talks on a wide range of issues with world leaders. This marks his first foreign trip since taking oath to kick-start his record third term in the Indian Parliament.
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PM Modi shares hug with Pope Francis at G7 Outreach Summit in Italy | WATCH
World | June 14, 2024 21:02 ISTFrancis became the first pope to address G7 leaders on Friday at their annual gathering in southern Italy. He will address the session on the promises and perils of Artificial Intelligence and is also expected to make a plea for peace across global conflict zones.
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Pope Francis again repeats gay slur in closed-door meeting days after issuing apology
World | June 12, 2024 13:55 ISTOn Tuesday, during his meeting with Roman priests, Francis reiterated his stance, expressing that "there seems to be a prevalent atmosphere in the Vatican," suggesting it would be preferable for young men with homosexual inclinations to refrain from entering the seminary.
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Pope Francis apologises for using 'faggotness', a highly derogatory word to describe LGBT community
World | May 28, 2024 19:40 ISTPope Francis, widely quoted as having used a highly derogatory word to describe the LGBT community, did not intend to use homophobic language and apologises to anyone offended by it, the Vatican said.
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Pope Francis allegedly used derogatory Italian term towards LGBT community: Reports
World | May 28, 2024 12:10 ISTThe 87-year-old Pope Francis used the term 'frociaggine', a vulgar Italian term roughly translated as "faggotness" while reiterating that gay people should not be allowed to become priests. Francis has been a leading voice in the Roman Catholic Church for a welcoming approach to the LGBT community.
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Easter: Pope Francis presides over Easter Vigil, delivers homily after skipping Good Friday I VIDEO
World | March 31, 2024 12:03 ISTPope Francis soldiered through a more than 2-hour Easter Vigil Mass in St Peter's Basilica, one of the longest services in Catholic liturgy, amid renewed concerns about the 87-year-old's frail condition.
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Russia, Ukraine respond to Pope's 'Kyiv should have courage of white flag of negotiations remarks'
World | March 11, 2024 13:07 ISTPope Francis has said that Ukraine should have what he called the courage of the "white flag" and negotiate an end to the war with Russia that followed Moscow's full-scale invasion two years ago and that has killed tens of thousands.
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Pope defends same-sex blessings in first public comments on controversy
World | January 15, 2024 19:22 ISTSince the original declaration, the Vatican has been at pains to stress that the blessings did not amount to approval of gay sex and should not be seen as anything remotely equivalent to the sacrament of marriage for heterosexual couples.
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WATCH Pope Francis's special message on Christmas: 'The quest for worldly power and might...'
World | December 25, 2023 12:26 ISTRecalling that Jesus was born during a census meant to reinforce King David’s power, Francis warned against “the quest for worldly power and might, fame and glory, which measures everything in terms of success, results, numbers and figures, a world obsessed with achievement.”
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