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UK-Born Italian Teen To Become Catholic Church's First Millennial Saint
A London-born Italian teenager who spent his short life spreading the faith online will become the Catholic Church's first millennial saint, after the Vatican attributed to him a second miracle.
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Teen Computer Prodigy, Who Died At 15, To Become First "Millennial Saint"
A UK-born teenager, who died in 2006 from leukemia, is set to become the Catholic Church's first "millennial saint".
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Sri Lanka's Catholic Church To Declare Easter Blasts Victims As "Saints"
Sri Lanka's Catholic church has decided to move towards declaring as saints all the 273 people, including 11 Indians, killed in the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings on its fifth anniversary.
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Valentine's Day: Google Celebrates Valentine's Day With Animated Doodle
Happy Valentine's Day: Saint Valentine, a third-century Roman Catholic priest who died on February 14, 270 AD, is thought to have inspired the day.
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Pope Francis Faces Coronavirus "Tempest" Alone At Vatican City Square
Pope Francis stood alone in vast Saint Peter's Square Friday to bless Catholics around the world suffering under the coronavirus pandemic, urging people to ease their fears through faith.
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Kerala Nun Sister Mariam Thresia, 4 Others Declared Saints By Pope Francis
Pope Francis has created five new saints today, including India's Sister Mariam Thresia, Britain's Cardinal John Henry Newman, one of the Catholic Church's most renowned converts, and a nun dubbed the "Mother Teresa of Brazil".
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Pope Francis Makes Saints Of Disputed 20th Century Roman Catholic Figures
Pope Francis on Sunday made saints of two of the most contentious Roman Catholic figures of the 20th century -- murdered Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero and Pope Paul VI, who reigned over one of the Church's most turbulent eras and enshrined its opposition to contraception.
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Pope Pays Tribute To Mystic Monk Said To Have Wrestled With The Devil
Pope Francis prayed on Saturday before the body of one of Catholicism's most popular saints, Padre Pio, a mystic monk who is said to have wrestled with the Devil.
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Reformist Pope, Murdered Archbishop To Be Made Saints
Pope Paul VI, who oversaw sweeping reforms of the Catholic Church in the 1960s, will be made a saint along with a Salvadoran archbishop who was shot dead while celebrating mass, the Vatican said on Wednesday.
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Paris Church Goes Cashless, To Accept Donations Via Cards
The passing around of collection baskets at Catholic mass usually leads to a collective digging through pockets and purses for loose change or small bills -- but a Paris church is testing a high-tech alternative.
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Catholic School Body In Madhya Pradesh Moves High Court, Seeks Protection
The Madhya Pradesh Catholic Diocesan School's Association has moved the High Court seeking protection for their educational institutions alleging that some right wing groups are trying to whip up communal tension. The plea mentions the name of a Vishwa Sanatan Sangh leader, Updesh Rana, who had called for an aarti of Bharat Mata ('Mother India') in...
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Pope Admits To Snoozing While Praying
Pope Francis has confessed he sometimes nods off while praying and claims saints too have been known to grab some Holy shut-eye.
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Goa Cop Says Catholic Saint Helped Him Track Irish Tourist's Killer
A police officer, who led the probe into the murder of Irish tourist in Goa, has claimed that his Catholic patron saint helped in tracking the main accused.
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'Now A Saint, Always A Mother,' Pope Francis Hails Teresa Of Calcutta
Saint Teresa of Calcutta: Just 19 years after her death, Mother Teresa, Nobel laureate and the messiah of the poor, was formally canonized thus by Pope Francis at Vatican city today.
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Preparations For Mother Teresa's Canonisation Tomorrow
Mother Teresa will be declared a saint by Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church in a canonisation ceremony in Vatican City tomorrow in the presence of over a lakh of her followers from all over the world.
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UK-Born Italian Teen To Become Catholic Church's First Millennial Saint
A London-born Italian teenager who spent his short life spreading the faith online will become the Catholic Church's first millennial saint, after the Vatican attributed to him a second miracle.
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Teen Computer Prodigy, Who Died At 15, To Become First "Millennial Saint"
A UK-born teenager, who died in 2006 from leukemia, is set to become the Catholic Church's first "millennial saint".
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Sri Lanka's Catholic Church To Declare Easter Blasts Victims As "Saints"
Sri Lanka's Catholic church has decided to move towards declaring as saints all the 273 people, including 11 Indians, killed in the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings on its fifth anniversary.
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Valentine's Day: Google Celebrates Valentine's Day With Animated Doodle
Happy Valentine's Day: Saint Valentine, a third-century Roman Catholic priest who died on February 14, 270 AD, is thought to have inspired the day.
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Pope Francis Faces Coronavirus "Tempest" Alone At Vatican City Square
Pope Francis stood alone in vast Saint Peter's Square Friday to bless Catholics around the world suffering under the coronavirus pandemic, urging people to ease their fears through faith.
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Kerala Nun Sister Mariam Thresia, 4 Others Declared Saints By Pope Francis
Pope Francis has created five new saints today, including India's Sister Mariam Thresia, Britain's Cardinal John Henry Newman, one of the Catholic Church's most renowned converts, and a nun dubbed the "Mother Teresa of Brazil".
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Pope Francis Makes Saints Of Disputed 20th Century Roman Catholic Figures
Pope Francis on Sunday made saints of two of the most contentious Roman Catholic figures of the 20th century -- murdered Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero and Pope Paul VI, who reigned over one of the Church's most turbulent eras and enshrined its opposition to contraception.
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Pope Pays Tribute To Mystic Monk Said To Have Wrestled With The Devil
Pope Francis prayed on Saturday before the body of one of Catholicism's most popular saints, Padre Pio, a mystic monk who is said to have wrestled with the Devil.
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Reformist Pope, Murdered Archbishop To Be Made Saints
Pope Paul VI, who oversaw sweeping reforms of the Catholic Church in the 1960s, will be made a saint along with a Salvadoran archbishop who was shot dead while celebrating mass, the Vatican said on Wednesday.
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Paris Church Goes Cashless, To Accept Donations Via Cards
The passing around of collection baskets at Catholic mass usually leads to a collective digging through pockets and purses for loose change or small bills -- but a Paris church is testing a high-tech alternative.
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Catholic School Body In Madhya Pradesh Moves High Court, Seeks Protection
The Madhya Pradesh Catholic Diocesan School's Association has moved the High Court seeking protection for their educational institutions alleging that some right wing groups are trying to whip up communal tension. The plea mentions the name of a Vishwa Sanatan Sangh leader, Updesh Rana, who had called for an aarti of Bharat Mata ('Mother India') in...
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Pope Admits To Snoozing While Praying
Pope Francis has confessed he sometimes nods off while praying and claims saints too have been known to grab some Holy shut-eye.
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Goa Cop Says Catholic Saint Helped Him Track Irish Tourist's Killer
A police officer, who led the probe into the murder of Irish tourist in Goa, has claimed that his Catholic patron saint helped in tracking the main accused.
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'Now A Saint, Always A Mother,' Pope Francis Hails Teresa Of Calcutta
Saint Teresa of Calcutta: Just 19 years after her death, Mother Teresa, Nobel laureate and the messiah of the poor, was formally canonized thus by Pope Francis at Vatican city today.
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Preparations For Mother Teresa's Canonisation Tomorrow
Mother Teresa will be declared a saint by Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church in a canonisation ceremony in Vatican City tomorrow in the presence of over a lakh of her followers from all over the world.
