Why did Queen Letizia of Spain wear a white dress at Pope Leo XIV's inauguration while others wore black? Here's the reasonPope Leo XIV's inauguration mass occurred on May 18, 2025. Queen Letizia of Spain wore white, an exception to the rule. Only seven Catholic...
19 May, 2025, 06.01 PM IST
JD Vance is 'Wrong': The Pope appears uneasy with Trump immigration policiesBefore Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost's papacy, an associated social media account criticized JD Vance's Christian doctrine interpretation...
09 May, 2025, 10.16 AM IST
US Cardinal Prevost elected Pope Leo XIV, first American pontiffCardinal Robert Prevost of the USA was elected as the new pope and head of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, taking the name Pope Leo ...
09 May, 2025, 01.01 AM IST
Black smoke over Vatican: Cardinals fail to elect Pope as Church faces crucial crossroadsBlack smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on the first day of the papal conclave, signaling no consensus on Pope Francis’s successor. As the...
08 May, 2025, 04.26 PM IST
Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating conclave hasn't elected pope in first voteCardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel to begin the process of electing a new pope, following the resignation of Pope Francis. The initia...
08 May, 2025, 12.51 AM IST
Church donation box goes digital in GreeceThe installation of a Point of Sale (POS) device at the Cathedral Basilica of St Dionysius the Areopagite marks the first such move by a Gr...
04 May, 2025, 06.58 PM IST
Pope Francis rewrote church teachings on death penalty, nuclear weapon, but chose not to alter its stand on abortionPope Francis, who passed away on Monday, leaves behind a legacy of both upholding and altering Catholic Church teachings. He maintained the...
21 Apr, 2025, 07.45 PM IST
Pope Francis, showing plans to continue on, starts new process for Catholic reformsPope Francis, 88, has started a new three-year process for Church reforms while recovering from double pneumonia in a Rome hospital. The ex...
15 Mar, 2025, 11.36 PM IST
Pope Francis told to 'stick to Church' after Trump migrant critiquePope Francis criticizes Trump's mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, calling it a "major crisis" that harms migrants' dignity. In ...
11 Feb, 2025, 09.47 PM IST
Why has Pope removed US conservative bishop StricklandIn a rare move, Pope Francis removes Bishop Joseph Strickland from his post in Tyler, Texas. The 65-year-old bishop, a vocal critic of the ...
11 Nov, 2023, 08.27 PM IST
Pope Francis says priesthood exclusive to men, can’t alter traditions for womenIn a recent release, Pope Francis reaffirmed the long-standing doctrine of the Catholic Church, asserting that the ordination of women as p...
26 Oct, 2023, 08.08 PM IST
Women's movement in a house of faithPope Francis has approved changes to allow women to vote at a meeting of bishops in Rome, marking a significant step forward for gender equ...
06 Oct, 2023, 12.14 AM IST
Pope Francis allows women to vote at upcoming bishops' meetingPope Francis has decided to give women the right to vote at an upcoming meeting of bishops, an historic reform that reflects his hopes to g...
26 Apr, 2023, 08.45 PM IST
Could gay marriage reunite Ireland?It’s an astonishing statement about the pace of cultural change in a country where more than 80% of residents identify as Catholic.
25 May, 2015, 05.01 AM IST
Kerala sees shortage of nuns as fewer women willing to devote fully to religious lifeSocial activists say greater empowerment and the fact that churches are still male bastions are also making women look away from the cloist...
11 Apr, 2015, 06.32 AM IST
Opposition sees conspiracy in East Delhi church blazeParliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naudu condemned the incident too and said he would urge the Union Home Minister to order a probe.
03 Dec, 2014, 04.25 AM IST
Pope Francis declares Fr Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Sister Euphrasia Eluventhinkal as SaintsThe two from Kerala were declared as Saints during a special mass at St Peter's Square at Vatican, Syro Malabar Catholic Church sources sai...
23 Nov, 2014, 05.02 PM IST