Ahead of G20 Summit, PM Modi calls on Pope Francis in Vatican City
India | Oct 30, 2021, 01:29 PM ISTIn his departure statement on Thursday, Modi said he will be visiting Rome and the Vatican City from October 29-31.
In his departure statement on Thursday, Modi said he will be visiting Rome and the Vatican City from October 29-31.
The Prime Minister will be calling upon Pope Francis in the Vatican, said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Thursday.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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