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  Pope Francis goes to Rome hospital for intestinal surgery

  World | July 04, 2021 20:36 IST

  Pope 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 16:20 IST

  Global 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 | October 21, 2020 22:37 IST

  Pope 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 | April 12, 2020 7:42 IST

  Easter 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 | March 29, 2020 12:00 IST

  Pope 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 | March 03, 2020 14:16 IST

  Pope 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 | March 01, 2020 18:04 IST

  Adhering 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 | January 10, 2020 8:12 IST

  After 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 | January 01, 2020 18:05 IST

  Pope 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 | November 24, 2019 19:41 IST

  In 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 | November 21, 2019 15:27 IST

  Pope 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 | November 19, 2019 18:13 IST

  As 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 | October 14, 2019 0:06 IST

  Minister 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 | October 13, 2019 19:29 IST

  Mariam 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 | July 05, 2019 13:01 IST

  Rev. 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 | July 04, 2019 14:34 IST

  The 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 | October 10, 2018 20:52 IST

  Francis 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 | April 12, 2018 13:38 IST

  In 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 | February 17, 2018 22:09 IST

  The 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 | January 19, 2018 6:52 IST

  Francis made a proposal of his own: "I'll marry you!" and they readily agreed. The head of the airline served as the witness.