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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | An immigrant’s hope manifesto

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | An immigrant’s hope manifesto

Pope Francis says that in the beginning he was opposed to Peronism but after he saw the concern shown for the poor, he...

1 March 2025 12:28 PM

Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition

Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition

“The Holy Father continues to be alert and spent the day in an armchair although in more pain than yesterday. At the...

22 Feb 2025 9:44 PM

Morality vs Biology

Recent discussions about the age of sexual consent that stemmed from the Union government’s decision to lower the...

20 March 2013 5:15 PM

The international Space Station

Pope Francis rings up astronauts in the space station

Pope Francis' call to the space station was the second of its kind, had conversation on peaceful topics..

30 Oct 2017 4:24 AM

Pope Francis (Photo: AP)

Clerical sexual abuse complaints skyrocket in Pope's Argentina

The number of clerics publicly identified as alleged sexual abusers has increased dramatically in the last two years.

26 Oct 2017 8:34 AM

Pope Francis greets cadinals at the end of a mass for the canonization of 35 new saints at St Peters Square. (Photo: AFP)

Pope Francis canonises 35 new Roman Catholic saints

he region includes Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru and Brazil.

16 Oct 2017 1:30 AM

Pope Francis during a meeting at Cesenas cathedral as part of a pastoral visit in Cesena and Bologna, Italy. (Photo: AFP)

Pope Francis wears refugee ID in appeal for helping migrants

Some 600,000 impoverished migrants and refugees have arrivedin Italy in less than four years.

1 Oct 2017 10:47 PM

Pope Francis. (Photo: AFP)

Pope Francis arrives in Bangladesh, likely to address Rohingya issue

It the second leg of the Pope's tour to the region amid heightened Rohingya crisis.

30 Nov 2017 10:29 AM

Pope Francis is on a four-day trip in mainly Buddhist Myanmar, where he has refrained from directly weighing-in on the Rohingya crisis, instead choosing the deliberate language of tolerance and forgiveness. (Photo: AFP)

Tackle prejudice, hatred: Pope to Myanmar Buddhist clergy

The pontiff has avoided direct discussion of the crisis to avoid setting off Buddhist hardliners.

29 Nov 2017 1:18 PM

Pope Francis is welcomed upon his arrival at the airport in Yangon. (Photo: AP)

Pope discusses responsibility of Myanmar leaders'

Pontiff meets Army Chief who faces charges of grave atrocities against Rohingyas.

27 Nov 2017 8:26 PM

Nobel laureate Suu Kyi has been decried overseas for failing to condemn the generals, with whom she is in a delicate power-sharing arrangement. (Photo: AP/File)

Aung San Suu Kyi to visit China amid growing concerns over Rohingya...

Myanmar has bristled at pressure from Western nations over its armed forces' brutal response to Rohingya Muslim...

27 Nov 2017 10:43 AM

Catholics in colourful ethnic traditional dress waved flags and danced at Yangons airport in a joyful welcome for the pope, making the first visit to the country by a pontiff. (Photo: AFP)

Pope Francis arrives in Myanmar on a highly sensitive visit

The visit comes as Myanmar's military stands accused of waging an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya...

27 Nov 2017 10:06 AM