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KOCHI: Santa Anastasia Minor Basilica in Rome, one of the oldest Christian churches and one of the oldest minor basilicas in the world, has been assigned to Kerala based Syro-Malabar Church (SMC) by the Vatican. SMC said in a press statement on Sunday that Cardinal Angelo de Donatis, the vicar general of Pope Francis for the diocese of Rome, has issued a decree, assigning the fourth century church to SMC. “This basilica from now on would become the centre of pastoral activiti

In a new book, the former pope makes a firm defense of celibacy for priests as Pope Francis is expected to decide whether to allow married priests in remote regions. Let the intrigue begin. Rome: The theologically fraught relationship between two living popes — fictionalised in a current movie — is beginning to have very real consequences for the Roman Catholic Church. It wasn’t supposed to be that way. Pope Benedict XVI, the first pope in the modern era to retire, promised w