Pope Francis
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Pope Francis goes to Rome hospital for intestinal surgery
World | Jul 04, 2021, 08:36 PM ISTPope Francis went Sunday to a Rome hospital for scheduled surgery for a stenosis, or restriction, of the large intestine, the Vatican said.
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COVID 19: Amitabh Bachchan to join Pope Francis, Joe Biden in global event to inspire vaccine drive
Celebrities | May 09, 2021, 04:20 PM ISTGlobal Citizen's VAX LIVE: The Concert To Reunite The World, which aims to inspire vaccine confidence worldwide and help get the Covid-19 vaccine to everyone everywhere.
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Pope Francis becomes 1st Pope to voices support for same-sex civil unions
World | Oct 21, 2020, 10:37 PM ISTPope Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time as pontiff while being interviewed for the feature-length documentary “Francesco,” which premiered Wednesday at the Rome Film Festival. “Homosexual people have the right to be in a family. They are children of God,” Francis said in one of his sit-down interviews for the film.
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Easter gives hope in our ‘darkest hour,’ despite fear: Pope Francis
World | Apr 12, 2020, 07:42 AM ISTEaster offers a message of hope in people’s “darkest hour,” Pope Francis said, as he celebrated a late-night vigil Mass Saturday in St. Peter’s Basilica, with the public barred because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pope Francis, close aides do not have coronavirus, says Vatican
World | Mar 29, 2020, 12:00 PM ISTPope Francis and his close aides do not have coronavirus, the Vatican has said. Pope and his aides were tested after a person in the building tested positive for coronavirus.
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Pope Francis tests negative for Coronavirus
World | Mar 03, 2020, 02:16 PM ISTPope Francis, who was being monitored for suspected Coronavirus exposure has tested negative for the deadly disease which has so far killed over 3,000 globally.
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Pope Francis expels Kerala priest convicted of rape
India | Mar 01, 2020, 06:04 PM ISTAdhering to a policy of "zero tolerance" for clergy who sexually exploit minors, Pope Francis has expelled a Kerala priest convicted of rape from all priestly duties and rights, according to church officials.
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Pope Francis agrees to nun's unusual request--A kiss
World | Jan 10, 2020, 08:12 AM ISTAfter last month's unusual incident, when Pope Francis lost his cool momentarily on the New Year Eve when a devotee pulled at the pontiff's arm while he was greeting the faithful in St Peter's Square of the Vatican City, the Pope on Wednesday was confronted with an unexpected request -- a kiss.
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Irony alert: Pope slaps a woman on hand; calls for an end to violence against women
World | Jan 01, 2020, 06:05 PM ISTPope Francis slapped a woman’s hand who won’t let go of it while he was greeting pilgrims in Rome on the eve of the New Year. The video of the short encounter, in which the Vatican priest looks visibly annoyed, has gone viral on social media
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Pope in Hiroshima: Use and possession of atom bomb ‘immoral’
World | Nov 24, 2019, 07:41 PM ISTIn the rain of Nagasaki and the silent darkness of Hiroshima, he urged political leaders to accept that true peace and international security cannot be built in a climate of distrust, but rather solidarity.
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Pope Francis in Thailand calls for action to protect women, children
World | Nov 21, 2019, 03:27 PM ISTPope Francis called Thursday for women and children to be protected from exploitation, abuse and enslavement as he began a busy two days of meetings in Thailand, where human trafficking and forced prostitution help fuel the sexual tourism industry. Francis pleaded for action against one of the region’s greatest scourges at the start of his weeklong visit to Asia.
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Pope Francis to arrive at Nagasaki in first papal visit to Japan in 38 yrs
World | Nov 19, 2019, 06:13 PM ISTAs Francis makes the first papal visit to Japan in 38 years, he will likely look to the past by honoring the doggedness of those so-called Hidden Christians, while also laying out his vision for a future free from the threat of nuclear weapons.
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Muraleedharan gifts Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi to Pope Francis
India | Oct 14, 2019, 12:06 AM ISTMinister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Sunday called on Pope Francis and presented him ‘Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi’ and caparisoned elephant of Kerala temple festivals, reflecting India’s age-old traditions.
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Pope Francis elevates Indian nun Mariam Thresia to sainthood
India | Oct 13, 2019, 07:29 PM ISTMariam Thresia, who founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family in Thrissur in May 1914, was raised to the highest position within the centuries-old institution during the ceremony at the St Peter's Square.
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Pope Francis appoints Sri Lankan priest to top Vatican post
World | Jul 05, 2019, 01:01 PM ISTRev. Msgr. Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku, who has been appointed as the Secretary of the PCID is a member of the clergy of the Diocese of Badulla.
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Pope Francis to declare Mariam Thresia a saint on October 13
India | Jul 04, 2019, 02:34 PM ISTThe nun was declared venerable on June 28, 1999 and beatified on April 9, 2000 by Pope St John Paul II in Rome. She was born in Puthenchira in Thrissur district on April 26, 1876 and died in Kuzhikkattussery on June 8, 1926.
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Pope Francis compares abortion to hiring a hit man to solve problems
World | Oct 10, 2018, 08:52 PM ISTFrancis made the comments, among his strongest yet against abortion, during his weekly Wednesday audience dedicated to the commandment exhorting the faithful not to kill.
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Pope Francis admits he made 'grave errors' in Chile sex abuse case
World | Apr 12, 2018, 01:38 PM ISTIn a public letter, Francis also summoned all of Chile's bishops to the Vatican for an emergency meeting in the coming weeks to discuss repairing the damage from the scandal.
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Pope Francis revives lapsed sex abuse commission amid skepticism
World | Feb 17, 2018, 10:09 PM ISTThe announcement of the new members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors came on the same day that a Vatican investigator will take the testimony in New York of one of the main whistleblowers in the Chilean cover-up scandal.
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Love in the air: Pope Francis marries two flight attendants at 36,000 feet on papal plane in Chile
World | Jan 19, 2018, 06:52 AM ISTFrancis made a proposal of his own: "I'll marry you!" and they readily agreed. The head of the airline served as the witness.