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Photo: Pope Francis funeral
Vatican City: World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for the “most peripheral of the peripheries” and reflected his wishes as…
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Catholic faithful pay their final respects to Pope Francis in St Peter’s Basilica
Vatican City: Thousands of people filed through the central aisle of St Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday, the start of three days of public viewing…
- India
Indian-origin Catholic priest shot dead in Kansas
Seneca: An Indian-origin Catholic priest was shot and killed by a man who approached him at his parish rectory in the town of Seneca, Kansas, church officials said. An Oklahoma man is…
- World
Pope Francis met at the hospital with Vatican No. 2, took major governing decisions
Rome: Pope Francis was well enough to meet with the Vatican secretary of state to approve new decrees for possible saints and make some major governing decisions that suggest he is getting…
- India
Kerala: Protesting Catholic priests removed by Police
Kochi: The ongoing tensions surrounding the Syro-Malabar Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly in Kerala took a dramatic turn on Saturday, January 11, when police forcefully removed protesting priests near the bishop’s house. The protest,…
- India
Waqf land: Church calls for Govt action amid escalating protests in Kerala
Kochi: The ongoing protests in Munambam in Kerala’s Ernakulam district over the Waqf land claim have intensified, with the influential Syro-Malabar Church organising solidarity events across 1,000 churches in the state on…
- India
Catholic priest in Kerala joins BJP, church removes him from vicar duties
Idukki: A Catholic priest under the Idukki diocese of the Syro-Malabar church was relieved of his duties as vicar on Monday, hours after he joined the BJP. Fr Kuriakose Mattam received the…
- Kerala
Catholic priest joins saffron camp in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala unit of the BJP on Monday got a prize catch after 62-year-old Catholic priest, Rev Kuriakose Mattem, the vicar of the St Thomas Catholic Church in Idukki district, joined…
- India
Goa: Catholic priest booked over remark on Chhatrapati Shivaji
Panaji: A Catholic priest in Goa was on Friday booked over a remark on Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj that he made during a sermon. Father Bolmax Pereira was charged under…
- Kerala
Kerala: Catholic priest booked for offensive remarks against Muslims
Kannur police have lodged a complaint against a Catholic priest in Manikkadavu, near Iritty, for allegedly making offensive remarks against Muslims. According to the Ulikkal police, the accused made insulting statements against…
