Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik met Pope Francis in Vatican City on Wednesday. The Chief Minister is leading a high-level delegation to Rome and Dubai. The delegation is scheduled to visit the World Food Programme (WFP) headquarters in Rome to share Odisha’s “transformational journey” in food security and disaster management. On Tuesday, the Chief Minister paid […]
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Pope urges US reconciliation as bishops call out Biden on abortion
Pope Francis told President Joe Biden today that he was praying that God would guide his efforts to bring reconciliation in the United States, while the head of the nation’s Catholic bishops condemned Biden’s pro-choice stand on abortion. In a message sent shortly after the second Catholic US president was […]
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Pope Francis says women can read at Mass, but still can’t be priests
Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass, while reaffirming they cannot be priests. Francis amended the law to formalize what is common practice in many parts of the world: that women can read the Gospel and serve on the altar as […]