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Two Puneites attending Jesuits’ 36th General Congregation in Rome  CAMIL PARKHE |  Monday, 17 October 2016 AT 11:01 PM IST       36th General Congregation ,  Jesuits ,  Provincial Fr Bhausaheb Saansare ,  Fr Stan Fernandes ,  Pope Francis ,  Pune ,  Camil Parkhe    goo.gl/t6OmjQ PUNE:  Two Puneites are among the 220 delegates who are presently attending over a month-long 36th General Congregation of the Jesuits in Rome to give shape to the future activities of one of the most powerful and influential religious congregations in the world. The two Puneites are Pune Jesuit Provincial Fr Bhausaheb Sansare and Fr Stan Fernandes, Delhi-based South Asia Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service. The 220 delegates represent 16,376 Jesuits worldwide. Incidentally, Pope Francis is also the first Jesuit elected to the papacy and is also expected to be one of the delegates at the Jesuit conclave. Fr George Patt...

Pope appoints 17 cardinals including  for three Asian nations   CAMIL PARKHE |  Friday, 14 October 2016 AT 10:53 PM IST          Sakal Times blog ,  Pope Francis ,  cardinals ,  Asian countries ,  Patrick D’Rozario ,  Archbishop ,  Anthony Soter Fernandez , Emeritus Archbishop ,  Mario Zenari ,  Sakal Times ,  Camil Parkhe        goo.gl/orOiu5 Breaking away from past tradition, Pope Francis has appointed 17 new cardinals, some of whom do not belong to the traditional ‘Catholic-centres’ regions. Among the new cardinals, three are from Asian countries namely Bangladesh, Malaysia and Syria. Incidentally, this is for the first time that Bangladesh and Malaysia will have a cardinal. The new Asian cardinals are Patrick D’Rozario, Archbishop of Dhaka in Bangladesh, Anthony Soter Fernandez, Emeritus Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, and Mari...

Pope Francis plans India visit next year goo.gl/mvSfqW          CAMIL PARKHE |  Wednesday, 5 October 2016 AT 10:13 AM IST       Pope Fancis ,  India visit ,  CBCI ,  christian community ,  Catholic Church ,  Pune ,  Camil Parkhe PUNE:  Ending speculation on his visit to India, Pope Francis has said that he is planning to visit India next year. The Pontiff spoke of his travel plans while addressing the media persons aboard the papal flight after concluding his visit to Georgia and Azerbaijan on October 2. During the press conference, Pope Francis said that he plans to visit India, Portugal and Bangladesh next year, UCAN, the Union of Catholic Asian News, has reported. The Pope is scheduled to visit Fatima Pilgrimage Centre in Portugal to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the apparition of Mary in May 2017. Speaking on his Asia visit, the Pope said that his visit to Indi...