Vatican City: Pope Francis' plea to make the state of the environment a central moral issue of our age has been greeted with applause from climate activists and a wide range of church, science and
Vatican City: Pope Francis has canonized two nuns from what was 19th century Palestine in hopes of encouraging Christians across the Middle East who are facing a wave of persecution from Islamic extremists.Sisters Mariam Bawardy
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi chief Mmnister Arvind Kejriwal have been voted among the 100 most influential people in the world in an online poll by readers of Time magazine.Russian President Vladimir
Vatican city: Pope Francis on Sunday marked the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling the massacre by Ottoman Turks "the first genocide of the 20th century" and urging the international community to
Vatican: Pope Francis condemned female mutilation and domestic violence against women today."The many forms of slavery, the commercialisation, and mutilation of the bodies of women, call out to us to be committed to defeat these
Washington: Pope Francis will address a joint meeting of Congress on Sept. 24. He will be the first Pontiff to do so.House Speaker John Boehner made the announcement at a news conference, then issued a
Vatican City: Pope Francis has urged Catholic bishops to ensure the safety of children in parishes, which should be "safe and secure homes" for families, and reminded them that "there is absolutely no place in
Rome: Pope Francis Wednesday said war should not be fought in the name of god and appealed for peace in Niger, where Christian buildings were destroyed in protest against Charlie Hebdo's Prophet Mohammad caricatures."Let us
Colombo: Pope Francis today canonised Indian-origin Catholic missionary Joseph Vaz as Sri Lanka's first saint at a public mass on Colombo seafront attended by thousands as he described the 17th century priest as a model
Colombo: Pope Francis today called for respect of human rights and healing of racial and religious hatred as he arrived on a two-day visit to Sri Lanka, days after a new government assumed power in
Los Angeles: Actress-director Angelina Jolie met Pope Francis and said it was an "honour" to be invited to the Vatican.She met the head of the Catholic church Thursday, and even screened her directorial "Unbroken", which
Vatican City: The Vatican today asked the US to find an "adequate humanitarian solution" for prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, a reflection of Pope Francis' vocal concern that prisoners be treated with
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
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
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
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,
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,
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
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
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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