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Mar George Jacob Koovakad is the first Indian priest to be elevated directly to Cardinal while still serving as a priest.
The Pope was addressing the faith leaders and representatives gathered in the Vatican on Saturday.
Msgr Koovakkad is a native of Mammood near Changanassery in the Kottayam district.
The former ambassador to US, a firebrand conservative, was one of the most ardent critics of Pope Francis.
Pope met Whoopi Goldberg, Jimmy Fallon, Conan O'Brien, Chris Rock and Stephen Colbert at Vatican.
The 87-year-old Pope reportedly told Italian bishops that gay men shouldn’t be allowed to train for the priesthood.
Surrogacy is regulated and widespread in the United States and Canada, but illegal in many other countries.
On Christmas Eve, the devotees were informed that the basilica would remain closed on Christmas day and no mass would be offered.
In his traditional Xmas message, he calls for an 'end to military operations with their appalling harvest of innocent civilian victims'.
There are many countries that are smaller than a single district in Kerala.
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