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  Pope Francis, Dalai Lama not to meet in Rome

  World | December 12, 2014 11:01 IST

  Dharamsala: Pope Francis and Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama will not meet in Rome, a western media report said Friday.The latter is in the Italian capital to attend the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace

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  Pope ends Turkey trip seeking unity with Orthodox

  World | November 30, 2014 13:29 IST

  Istanbul: Pope Francis is wrapping up his three-day visit to Turkey with a liturgy alongside the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians and a meeting with young refugees who have fled Syria, Iraq and

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  Pope Francis receives 'Ottoman gifts' in Turkey

  World | November 29, 2014 10:32 IST

  Ankara: Turkish authorities presented two Ottoman-themed gifts to Pope Francis during the first day of the pontiff's historic visit to Turkey.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan personally presented the first gift, an edict of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed

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  Pope condemns Islamic State violence

  World | November 28, 2014 9:43 IST

  Jerusalem: On the eve of a trip to the Middle East, Pope Francis is urging religious and political leaders to speak out against attacks on Christians by Islamic State extremists.In an interview published on Friday,

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  Pope declares as Saints two blessed from Kerala

  India | November 24, 2014 7:49 IST

  Vatican City: Pope Francis on Sunday declared Fr Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Sister Euphrasia Eluventhinkal from India as Saints at Vatican.With their Canonisation, as the finale of the long-drawn process is known in Catholic parlance,

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  Pope calls for 'courageous decisions' after synagogue slaying

  World | November 19, 2014 19:45 IST

  Vatican City: Pope Francis on Wednesday slammed the deadly attack on a Jerusalem synagogue and urged Israelis and Palestinians to take the "courageous decisions" needed to achieve reconciliation.Against a backdrop of fears the conflict could

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  Top 15 most powerful people listed in Forbes

  World | December 05, 2014 11:43 IST

  From 2009 onwards, Forbes magazine has been compiling a list of  world's most powerful people every year. This year many new faces have made entry into the list. One of the most prominent faces includes

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  Setback for Pope Francis as Synod fails to agree on gays, divorcees

  World | October 19, 2014 11:34 IST

  Vatican City: Roman Catholic bishops today failed to reach consensus on opening the Church's doors to remarried divorcees and gays after a special synod on the family, in a blow to Pope Francis.Vatican spokesman Federico

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  Pope opens Synod rejecting bad shepherds

  World | October 06, 2014 10:06 IST

  Vatican City: Pope Francis on Sunday inaugurated the Synod with a warning about the risks of ‘greed for money and power' and ‘bad shepherds', government leaders and other officials--who impose responsibilities onto people that they

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  Pope's WWI tribute infused with personal ties

  World | September 13, 2014 13:14 IST

  REDIPUGLIA: Pope Francis confronts a piece of his own family history on Saturday when he visits a World War I memorial built amid battlefields where his grandfather fought in a fierce Italian offensive against the

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  Goa Church crosses fingers over first Goan origin saint

  India | September 13, 2014 12:38 IST

  Panaji: The Goa Church has its fingers crossed over reports in the international media which suggest that Blessed Joseph Vaz, a 17th century Catholic priest of Goan origin, could be canonised as Sri Lanka's first

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  Pope Francis to hold mass during Sri Lanka visit

  World | September 13, 2014 6:51 IST

  Colombo: Pope Francis, pope of the Catholic Church, will hold a public mass along the iconic shoreline of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo during his visit in January next year, an official said on Friday while

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  Pope's message to China signals thaw in ties

  World | August 14, 2014 17:18 IST

  Beijing: In an unprecedented move, Pope Francis today sent a goodwill message to China's leadership, which allowed the pontiff to use its airspace signalling a possible thaw in bilateral ties mired in a long-running contest

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  Pope Francis begins first Asia trip

  World | August 14, 2014 11:21 IST

  London: Pope Francis arrived ON Thursday in South Korea, beginning his first visit to Asia since he took over the papacy in March 2013, media reported.During his trip, he will beatify 124 Korean Catholics who

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  Narendra Modi surpasses White House in Twitter follower base

  Politics | June 26, 2014 12:28 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the fourth most "followed" world leader on Twitter, has overtaken the White House in terms of number of followers on the microblogging site, an annual global study of world

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  Pope not to attend Goa exposition

  India | June 25, 2014 20:59 IST

  Panaji: Pope Francis will be unable to attend Goa's biggest religious event of the decade, the Exposition of Spanish Saint Francis Xavier, Archbishop Fr. Filipe Neri Ferrao said Wednesday.Fr. Alfred Vaz, the chief organiser of

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  Pope Francis urges an end to Israel-Palestine conflict

  World | May 26, 2014 0:00 IST

  Jerusalem: Pope Francis Sunday afternoon urged Israelis and the Palestinians to search for a peaceful solution to their conflict.On his arrival at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv at the start of his visit

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  Pope Francis declares John XXIII, John Paul II saints

  World | April 27, 2014 17:52 IST

  Vatican City: Pope Francis declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints on Sunday before hundreds of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square, an unprecedented ceremony made even more historic by

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  Obama tells Pope Francis he is a 'great admirer'

  World | March 27, 2014 17:35 IST

  Vatican City:  President Barack Obama called himself a 'great admirer' of Pope Francis as he sat down at the Vatican on Thursday with the pontiff he considers a kindred spirit on issues of economic inequality.

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  Internet is a 'gift from God': Pope Francis

  World | January 24, 2014 14:43 IST

  Vatican City: The internet is a "gift from God" that facilitates communication, Pope Francis said on Thursday, but he warns that the obsessive desire to stay connected can actually isolate people from their friends and