Italian priest killed by mafia may be declared saint
June 30th, 2012 - 5:48 am ICT by IANS
Vatican City, June 30 (IANS/AKI) A priest from Italy's Sicily island who was killed by the mafia 20 years ago has been declared a martyr by Pope Benedict, and may ... Read more...
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Pope John Paul II’s beatification gathers 1.5 million people
May 2nd, 2011 - 7:42 pm ICT by BNO News
ROME, ITALY (BNO NEWS) -- Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday conducted one of the largest Vatican Masses as more than 1.5 million people attended the ceremony in which Pope John Paul II ... Read more...
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John Paul II beatified (Lead)
May 1st, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, May 1 (IANS) Pope Benedict XVI beatified John Paul II Sunday before a large crowd that congregated in St. Peter's Square and surrounding streets of Rome, taking the late ... Read more...
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John Paul II beatification ceremony begins
May 1st, 2011 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Vatican City, May 1 (IANS) The ceremony to beatify the late Pope, John Paul II, began in front of hundreds of thousands of Catholics in Vatican City's St. Peter's Square.Beatification, ... Read more...
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Pope John Paul II may become saint within 5 years: Oz pastor
May 1st, 2011 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, May 1 (ANI): Australia's head of the Catholic Church, Cardinal George Pell, has said that Pope John Paul II might become a saint within five years."This is the penultimate stage; ... Read more...
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Pope John Paul II’s blood to go on display
April 27th, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Vatican City, April 27 (IANS/AKI) A phial containing the blood of late Pope John Paul II will go on display at the Vatican, an official statement said.The phial will be ... Read more...
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Mother Teresa’s birth centenary celebrations begin
August 23rd, 2010 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) The official birth centenary celebrations of Mother Teresa began here Monday even as a clergyman said the Nobel Peace Prize winner's elevation to sainthood may take some more ... Read more...
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Pope John Paul II’s sainthood delayed amid doubts over prerequisite miracle?
March 6th, 2010 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
Rome, Mar. 6 (ANI): Pope John Paul II's shortcut to sainthood has come in danger after doubts were raised over his prerequisite miracle, in which the late pontiff reportedly cured a nun ... Read more...
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Mother Mary MacKillop To Become Australia’s First Saint
February 21st, 2010 - 10:09 pm ICT by GD
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Vatican City, Feb 21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Mother Mary MacKillop is going to be heralded as the first Roman Catholic saint from Australia, it has been announced by the Pope Benedict ... Read more...
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Vatican World War II archives to be available online soon
February 17th, 2010 - 11:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Vatican City, Feb 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Vatican is planning to release to the public all the archives of the Word War II. They are doing this, to put to rest, all ... Read more...
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Prayers to Mother Mary cured my cancer, claims Oz woman
January 12th, 2010 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 12 (ANI): An Australian woman has claimed that she was cured of lung cancer through prayer and the wearing of a holy relic, which had belonged to a nun.Kathleen Evans, ... Read more...
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Vatican defends wartime pope’s beatification
December 24th, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Vatican City, Dec 24 (IANS/AKI) The Vatican has defended its moves towards making Pope Pius XII a saint saying that they reflected the controversial wartime pontiff's piety, not his "historical impact".
Responding ... Read more...
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Oz couple says their dead son has miraculous powers
December 22nd, 2009 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 22 (ANI): A Sydney couple has claimed that their dead son was "hand-picked by God" to have miraculous powers to help heal dozens of people.While Mike Tannous died three ... Read more...
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Late Pope John Paul II on fast track to get sainthood
December 19th, 2009 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 19 (ANI): Late Pope John Paul II is set to be declared "venerable" by Pope Benedict XVI in the first of three official stages that the previous pontiff will take ... Read more...
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Pope John Paul II used to ‘whip himself in remorse for sins’
November 23rd, 2009 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 23 (ANI): Pope John Paul II used to regularly whip himself in a sign of "remorse for his sins," a nun has claimed.Five years after his death, the Catholic Church ... Read more...
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Australian premier rapped for lobbying pope
July 8th, 2009 - 10:24 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 8 (DPA) Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd should not be pressuring
Pope Benedict XVI to make Australian nun Mary MacKillop a saint, a prominent Jesuit priest said Wednesday.Frank Brennan joined ... Read more...
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Sister Alphonsa of Kerala becomes India’’s first woman saint
October 12th, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
Tiruvananthapuram, Oct 12 (ANI): Sister Alphonsa of Kerala becomes the first woman from India and second from Indian Roman Catholic church to get canonized today at St. Peters Square in Vatican, ... Read more...
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First Indian nun to be canonised in Vatican today
October 12th, 2008 - 8:51 am ICT by ANI
Vatican, Oct 12 (ANI): Sister Alphonsa from Kerala will become the first nun from the country to be canonised by the Vatican today.The date was announced after a formal meeting of ... Read more...
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Mother Teresa remembered on her death anniversary
September 5th, 2008 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) The Friday morning mass at Mother House - the headquarters of Missionaries of Charity here - marked the start of a day of remembrance for Mother Teresa on ... Read more...
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Samajwadi Party will not join government: Amar Singh
July 28th, 2008 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 28 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party Monday said it will not join the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and that its support to the ruling coalition is a convergence of national ... Read more...
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Pope John Paul II to be beatified by spring 2009
May 23rd, 2008 - 12:01 pm ICT by admin
London, May 23 (ANI): Pope John Paul II could ascent to sainthood by next spring, possibly in time for the fourth anniversary of his death, a cardinal at the Vatican predicts.Monsignor ... Read more...
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Pope Benedict says John Paul II had supernatural qualities
April 3rd, 2008 - 1:30 pm ICT by admin
London, April 3 (ANI): Pope Benedict XVI said that his successor John Paul II had supernatural qualities, while speaking at a mass in St Peter's Square to mark the third anniversary ... Read more...
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Roman Catholic Church to accord sainthood to Sister Alphonsa from India
March 3rd, 2008 - 6:58 pm ICT by admin
Kottayam (Kerala), Mar 3 (ANI): Sister Alphonsa from Kerala will become the first nun from the country to be canonised by the Vatican .She will become Saint Alphonsa on October 12 this ... Read more...
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Pop music to help hasten late Popes path to sainthood
November 17th, 2007 - 4:06 pm ICT by admin
London, November 17 (ANI): A DVD aiming at hastening late Pope John Paul Seconds path to sainthood, which the Vatican is to launch soon, will show the pontiff singing like a music ... Read more...
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