Goa priest makes debut on election altar
January 12th, 2012 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 12 (IANS) If Father Bismarque Dias sticks to his guns till March 3, he may well become the first man of the cloth to contest elections in Goa.The ... Read more...
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Pope calls for Church to reflect on what led to abuse
December 21st, 2010 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Vatican City, Dec 21 (IANS/AKI) Pope Benedict XVI has said that the Catholic Church has to reflect on how the Christian lifestyle and the Vatican's message may have led to the sexual ... Read more...
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Sinead O’Connor takes aim at Pope Benedict over church child abuse apology
March 26th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 26 (ANI): Irish star Sinead O'Connor has attacked Pope Benedict over his recent apology for the child-sex abuse scandal in Ireland.The singer insisted Pope Benedict XVI's 'pastoral apology' on behalf ... Read more...
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Vatican confirms sainthood for Australia’s Mary MacKillop
February 20th, 2010 - 11:34 am ICT by ANI
Melbourne/Rome, Feb.20 (ANI): Pope Benedict XVI has declared that Mary MacKillop will become Australia's first saint.The announcement was made in a ceremony at the Vatican, reports the Daily Telegraph.The canonization of ... Read more...
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Irish Roman Catholic archbishops ‘covered up abuse to protect church’s reputation’
November 27th, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov.27 (ANI): Irish Roman Catholic archbishops and police covered up four decades of child sex abuse by priests in a conspiracy to protect the reputation of the church, The Telegraph quoted ... Read more...
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Lech Walesa stooge of the Communist secret police, claims new book
June 25th, 2008 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 25 (ANI): Lech Walesa, Poland's Nobel Prize-winning former president, who is regarded as one of the heroes of modern Europe, has been called a stooge of the Communist secret ... Read more...
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Pope visits troubled US Catholics in shadow of campaign
April 12th, 2008 - 9:35 am ICT by admin
By Laszlo Trankovits
Washington, April 12 (DPA) Pope Benedict XVI is set to find in his visit to the US a rich and powerful Roman Catholic Church, but also one divided and rather ... Read more...
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