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The chances of an Irish pope in the 21st century are remote, confirms Belfast native and Jesuit priest Oliver P. Rafferty, who is also a history professor at Boston College.

The creed reminds believers of Jesus Christ of the central tenets of their faith, clarifies Scriptural revelations about Lord Jesus and how the Christ secured our redemption.

The chief judicial magistrate court in Kottayam considered the application of the police regarding this on Monday and assigned the Changanassery judicial magistrate to record the statement.

“I’m in the quiet atmosphere of the emergency ward, so not able to attend any call. Please be sure that I’m in good hands,” he added.

RAPHAEL CHEENATH became a champion of the oppressed, particularly Christian victims of persecution in India’s Hindu-dominated society, at a time when militant Hindu nationals are exercising growing power over national affairs.

Following weeks of controversial debate it is thought that doctrine towards divorcees will be softened but there will not be change surrounding how the Church feels about homosexuality.

ACTIVISTS lashed out Sunday at the Catholic Church's failure at a major synod to open its doors to gay people, but praised Pope Francis for getting bishops to confront "taboos".

"Both main parties are unacceptable and meaningless," quipped Rev. Thampu. Apart from that, he is "worried about the media playing for the political galleries and tarnishing the sanctity of the polls...Money and media power has reached its nadir in this election."

IN his last two years as pope, Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests for raping and molesting children, more than twice as many as the two years that preceded a 2010 explosion of sex abuse cases in Europe and beyond.

POPE Francis is shrugging off the “Marxist” label that some ultra-conservatives might apply to him because he frets that economic growth doesn’t always...