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Pope Francis arrives to address journalists aboard the plane flying from Nur-Sultan to Rome following his three-day visit to Kazakhstan on September 15, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Pope Francis will not attend queen's funeral: Vatican

16 Sep 2022 4:54 PM

Pope Francis. (AP)

Pope 'very pained' by decision to turn Hagia Sophia into mosque

The decision to turn the former cathedral to a place of muslim worship has sparked deep dismay among Orthodox Christians

13 Jul 2020 12:16 PM

Pope Francis at the vatican. AP file photo

Amid virus fears, Vatican to livestream Pope's Sunday prayer

The Vatican on Friday reported its first coronavirus case

07 Mar 2020 7:10 PM

File photo shows Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI meeting on the occasion of the elevation of five new cardinals at the Vatican. AP photo

No Catholic priesthood to married men: Ex-pope Benedict

Benedict’s intervention is extraordinary, as he had vowed to remain hidden from the world when he retired and pledged obedience to new pope

13 Jan 2020 11:22 AM

There are some in the Church who would even like them to be allowed to become deacons, a function currently reserved for lay men. (Photo: AFP)

Catholic bishops gather at Vatican to open priesthood to married men in Amazon

Bishops urge Pope to open priesthood to married men in Amazon.

28 Oct 2019 10:14 AM

The device is positioned as a tool for learning how to pray the rosary for peace in the world.

Vatican launches Click-To-Pray eRosary wearable

The smart bracelet consists of ten black agate and hematite rosary beads and a smart cross that stores data from the connected app.

17 Oct 2019 7:30 AM

The trial ran for five weeks in Victoria county Court. (Photo:AP)

Top Vatican cleric Cardinal Pell convicted of child sex abuse

Australia's senior most Catholic cleric Cardinal George Pell has been found guilty of five counts of child sexual assault.

26 Feb 2019 8:22 AM

Pope Francis promised an "all-out battle" against abusive priests, but blamed the devil and insisted the Church was not the only place children were assaulted. (Photo: AFP)

Vatican summit on clerical paedophilia a let-down

Pope's vow to battle child sex abuse fails to appease victims, critics.

25 Feb 2019 8:17 PM

Pope Francis poses for a photo with a group of priests at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican recently. (Photo: AP)

Vatican’s legal recourse for tackling for sex abuse

Catholic Church's regulations for investigation of, both priests accused of molestation and superiors accused of covering up, explained.

21 Feb 2019 6:58 PM

Pope Francis, with Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti, answers reporters' questions aboard the plane after taking off from Panama City. (Photo: AP)

Celibacy imperative for the Roman Catholic Church

Pope says he will not change priest celibacy rules.

29 Jan 2019 3:10 PM

Pope Francis greets young detainees before leaving Las Garzas youth detention centre in Pacora, on the outskirts of Panama City, on January 25, 2019, during his visit to Panama for World Youth Day. (Photo: AFP)

‘Concrete change’ for Vatican

Church sex abuse summit a bid to usher in formidable change.

26 Jan 2019 8:09 PM

Bibi was set to be released immediately according to the court, although there was no word if any security arrangements were being made for her protection. (Photo: Facebook)

Pakistan court overturns christian woman's death sentence in Blasphemy case

'Appeal is allowed. She has been acquitted. Judgement of high court as well as trial court is reversed,' said Pak's Chief Justice in ruling.

31 Oct 2018 1:06 PM

In this May 27, 2012, file photo, demonstrators hold pictures of Emanuela Orlandi reading "march for truth and justice for Emanuela" during Pope Benedict XVI's Regina Coeli prayer in St. Peter's square, at the Vatican. (Photo: AP)

Bones discovered near Vatican embassy revives 1983 mystery

A 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee had disappeared in 1983.

31 Oct 2018 12:22 PM

According to the study, 1,670 clergymen in Germany committed some form of sexual attack against 3,677 minors, mostly boys, between 1946 and 2014. (Representational Image)

Germany's Catholic Church to own up to decades of child sexual abuse

In Germany alone, almost 3,700 minors were abused between 1946 and 2014, according to the report prepared by the German Bishops' Conference.

25 Sep 2018 2:20 PM

Decrying 'dreams of convenience,' Francis urged them to take 'risks on that street of your dreams.' (Photo: File)

Dream, don't let fear make you pessimistic: Pope tells Catholic youth in Rome

Francis has convened an international meeting of bishops at the Vatican in October about youths and their faith.

12 Aug 2018 4:58 PM

Pope Francis (Photo: AFP)

ISS astronauts gift Pope Francis personalised space suit

“Since clothes make the man, we thought we’d have a flight suit like ours made for you,” Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli told the pope.

11 Jun 2018 11:27 AM

Alessandro Michele, Lana Del Rey and Jared Leto as the Holy Trinity.

MET with a GALA uproar

The Catholicism-inspired Met Gala has brought the focus back on how creativity and expression are intertwined... and personal.

10 May 2018 12:00 AM

It is remarkable that a Vatican publication would dare put such words to paper and publicly denounce how the church exploits its nuns. (Photo: Pixabay)

Nuns treated like indentured servants by cardinals, bishops: Vatican magazine

It is remarkable that a Vatican publication would dare put such words to paper and publicly denounce how the church exploits its nuns.

01 Mar 2018 4:43 PM

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi and designer Donatella Versace arrive at Palazzo Colonna in Rome, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Vatican loaning rare papal vestments for Met fashion exhibition

The upcoming exhibit is on Catholic influences in fashion.

27 Feb 2018 12:44 PM

The two Latam employees co-signed a handwritten marriage certificate which bore the pope's simple signature "Francis". (Photo: AFP)

Wedding in the skies: In a first, Pope Francis marries couple on papal plane

Francis formally joined in the matrimony of Carlos Ciuffardi, 41, and Paula Podest, 39, who have two children.

19 Jan 2018 1:44 PM

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Uber’s audio recording feature sparks worries

On its website, Uber has stated: “To maintain the privacy of parties in the vehicle, the recorded content is encrypted, and neither riders nor drivers can listen to it.” (AFP Photo)

Bike taxi services run in Hyderabad without helmets

File photo of a motorist wearing a helmet. (Photo: AFP)

Woman gets husband ‘married’ to his ex-lover

A woman sacrificed her marriage and got her husband married to his ex-lover in Tirupati district. (Representational Image/DC)

Woman cop saves life with CPR as stampede breaks out at Gymkhana grounds

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Pack of 11 stray dogs attack medico at Chest Hospital in Hyderabad

The first-year postgraduate medical student suffered deep wounds from multiple bites on her arms, legs and other body parts. She was immediately taken to the hospital’s casualty ward for treatment. (Image: PTI)

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The front page of Deccan Chronicle edition dated September 18, 1948.

HYDERABAD WINS FREEDOM

A boy bathes in the Ranbir water canal to cool himself on a hot summer day in Jammu. Climate change has made India’s heat wave hotter, said Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at the Imperial College of London. She said that before human activities increased global temperatures, heat waves like this year’s would have struck India once in about half a century. (AP Image)

In Pictures | India reels under intense heatwave

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao sat on a dharna for one-and-a-half hours at Delhi on Monday, and set a 24-hour deadline to the Centre to announce its decision on the Telangana government's demand that it procure all the paddy produced in the state in the rabi season. (Telangana CM KCR and BKU leader Rakesh Singh Tikait during the protest at Telangana Bhavan in Delhi- DC Image)

In Pictures | TRS protest in Delhi

Farmers celebrate after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repealing of the three Central farm laws, at Singhu Border in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (PTI)

In Pictures | Celebrations at Ghazipur border after farm laws repeal announcement

Low visibility due to smog after Diwali celebrations, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

In Pictures | Itchy throats, watery eyes: Delhi's AQI severe after Diwali

Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday carried out a successful trial of drones that will be used for aerial surveillance on August 15, which marks the 75th Independence Day. (Photo by - HU Naqash)

Digital surveillance: Drones used ahead of Independence Day celebrations in J&K

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