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Pope makes surprise visit to Rome record store, gets classical CD
The visit was to have remained private but Javier Martinez-Brocal, a reporter for the Rome Reports television news agency, was in the area by chance, filmed it with his smart phone, and posted it on Twitter.
Published on Jan 12, 2022 05:14 AM IST
Reuters |
Pope backs Covid immunisation campaigns, warns of ideological misinformation
"Sadly, we are finding increasingly that we live in a world of strong ideological divides. Frequently people let themselves be influenced by the ideology of the moment, often bolstered by baseless information or poorly documented facts," said Pope Francis.
Published on Jan 10, 2022 06:14 PM IST
Reuters | , Vatican City
Violence against women insults God, Pope voices in New Year's message
"And since mothers bestow life, and women keep the world (together), let us all make greater efforts to promote mothers and to protect women," Pope Francis said as he attended the Mass at St Peter's Basilica.
Published on Jan 01, 2022 05:56 PM IST
Reuters | , Vatican City
Migrants help Pope Francis celebrate 85th birthday
- The migrants come from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia and Syria, among others, and are the first of 50 people from camps in Cyprus that the pope has pledged to provide for.
Published on Dec 17, 2021 09:59 PM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Sharangee Dutta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Pope Francis calls neglect of migrants 'shipwreck of civilisation' in Lesbos
- On the second day of his visit to Greece, he met a small group of mostly child asylum seekers standing behind metal barriers, with one bystander saying "love you", prompting the pontiff to affectionately greet the infants.
Published on Dec 05, 2021 03:50 PM IST
AFP |
Pope Francis thanks journalists for helping uncover Church sexual abuse scandals
The pope praised what he called the "mission" of journalism and said it was vital for reporters to get out of their newsrooms and discover what was happening in the outside world to counter misinformation often found online.
Published on Nov 13, 2021 08:39 PM IST
Reuters | , Vatican City
'Craze? Or conspiracy?': Naqvi's reply to Pritish Nandy over Modi-Pope hug
As Pritish Nandy wrote he would love to see PM Modi hugging Muslim and Sikh spiritual leaders, Union minister Muktar Abbas Naqvi shared four photos of PM Modi.
Published on Oct 31, 2021 03:51 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
Pope accepts PM’s invite to visit India
Modi was the first Indian prime minister to meet Pope Francis since he became head of the Catholic Church in 2013.
Updated on Oct 30, 2021 11:52 PM IST
Rezaul H Laskar, New Delhi
PM Modi-Pope meeting historic, says BJP; For RSS, it's 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam'
The ministry of external affairs said Pope Francis has accepted PM Modi's invitation and is looking forward to visiting India.
Published on Oct 30, 2021 09:11 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
Specially made candelabra to bronze plaque: PM Modi, Pope Francis exchange gifts
- During the visit, PM Modi also extended an invitation to Pope Francis to visit India which was accepted with pleasure.
Published on Oct 30, 2021 08:00 PM IST
Written by Sharmita Kar | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PM Modi's special invitation to Pope Francis to visit India, during Vatican meet
Published on Oct 30, 2021 05:28 PM IST
PM Modi invites Pope Francis to visit India after 'warm meeting' ahead of G20
Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Pope Francis to visit India during a "very warm" meeting at the Vatican City which lasted for an hour on Saturday, sources said.
Published on Oct 30, 2021 02:38 PM IST
ANI | , Rome
PM Modi invites Pope Francis to India during a ‘very warm meeting’
- The meeting was scheduled for only 20 minutes but went on for an hour where they discussed a wide range of issues, according to the people familiar with the details of the meeting.
Published on Oct 30, 2021 02:28 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Kunal Gaurav
Modi in Rome: PM to meet Pope Francis in Vatican, host of world leaders today
The Vatican is a city-state surrounded by Rome and is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church.
Updated on Oct 30, 2021 08:03 AM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Meenakshi Ray, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PM Modi to call on Pope Francis at Vatican before attending G-20 summit
- While stabilization of Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific in wake of Chinese moves against Taiwan this month will be the focus of G-20 apart from terrorism, the COP26 Glasgow summit will come out with measures to slow down climate change and arrest global warming.
Updated on Oct 23, 2021 04:00 PM IST
Pope Francis ‘ashamed’ over French abuse scandal
“I wish to express to the victims my sadness and pain for the trauma they have suffered. And also my shame, our shame, my shame for the inability of the Church for too long to put them at the centre of its concerns,” the pontiff said in his general audience.
Published on Oct 06, 2021 01:48 PM IST
AFP |
‘Still alive’: Pope jokes some people wanted him dead after recent operation
- Pope Francis made the comments during a meeting with members of the Jesuits, a Catholic religious order, in Slovakia this month. He underwent a colon surgery in July and spent 11 days in hospital following that.
Published on Sep 21, 2021 09:06 PM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Sharangee Dutta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Pope uses Putin's words to chide West's Afghan war. He thought it was Merkel's
- Putin had scathingly criticized the West over Afghanistan, saying that the Taliban’s rapid sweep over the country has shown the futility of Western attempts to enforce its own vision of democracy.
Published on Sep 01, 2021 11:00 PM IST
AP |
Ex-Cardinal McCarrick charged with sexually assaulting teen
McCarrick is the first cardinal in the US to ever be criminally charged with a sexual crime against a minor, according to Mitchell Garabedian, a well-known lawyer for church sexual abuse victims who is representing the man alleging the abuse by McCarrick.
Published on Jul 30, 2021 03:46 AM IST
AP | , Boston
Homecoming of Pope Francis after undergoing colon surgery
Pope Francis leaves the hospital 10 days after undergoing planned surgery to remove half his colon Wednesday, July 14, 2021.
Updated on Jul 14, 2021 06:14 PM IST
AFP | | Posted by Shanza Khan
Pope Francis ‘in good condition’ after surgery, to be in hospital for 7 days
Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said that Pope Francis is to remain in the hospital for about seven more days “barring complications.”
Published on Jul 05, 2021 04:20 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Srivatsan K C | Edited by Meenakshi Ray, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Pope doing well after intestinal surgery, says Vatican
The pope entered the hospital early on Sunday afternoon and the statement was issued just before midnight Rome time.
Published on Jul 05, 2021 06:09 AM IST
Reuters |
Pope meets 'super-hero' Spider-Man at Vatican, gets a mask
Matteo Villardita, 28, dons the comic-book and movie super-hero outfit to cheer up hospitalized children, like those at the Vatican’s pediatric hospital which he planned to visit later on Wednesday.
Published on Jun 23, 2021 09:18 PM IST
AP | , Vatican City
Pope Francis blesses UEFA officials ahead of Euro 2020
- Euro 2020, which was postponed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, starts Friday with Italy playing Turkey at the Stadio Olimpico.
Published on Jun 10, 2021 06:09 PM IST
AP | , Vatican City
Pope warns of 'spiral of death' in Middle East clashes
"In these days, violent armed clashes between the Gaza Strip and Israel have taken over, and risk degenerating into a spiral of death and destruction," said the pope following his Sunday Regina Caeli prayer.
Updated on May 16, 2021 04:55 PM IST
AFP |
'Stop clashes': Pope Francis calls for end to violence in Jerusalem
- "Violence breeds violence, stop clashes", he told pilgrims who gathered Saint Peter Square in Rome.
Published on May 09, 2021 04:10 PM IST
Reuters |
Pope Francis backs waivers on intellectual property rights for vaccines
In a speech to a global fundraising concert to promote fair access to vaccines, the pope said the world was infected with the "virus of individualism".
Published on May 08, 2021 03:42 PM IST
Reuters | , Vatican City
Pope tells IMF, World Bank to cut the debt of poor countries
In a letter to the participants of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's annual spring meeting, the pope said the pandemic had forced the world to come to terms with interrelated socioeconomic, ecological, and political crises.
Published on Apr 08, 2021 06:02 PM IST
Reuters | , Vaatican City
Pope, using Shakespeare, makes climate change appeal
- "I suggest we adapt Hamlet's famous 'to be or not to be' and affirm: 'To see or not to see, that is the question!' Where it starts is with each one's seeing, yes, mine and yours," Pope Francis wrote.
Published on Mar 30, 2021 06:50 PM IST
Reuters | , Vatican City
Pope leads scaled-down Palm Sunday service, says remember the downtrodden
Only about 120 members of the faithful participated in Sunday's Mass, joining the pope and about 30 cardinals in a secondary wing of the huge basilica.
Published on Mar 28, 2021 06:33 PM IST
Reuters |