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- The Annai Velankanni Shrine in Besant Nagar has received the designation of a minor Basilica from Pope Leo XIV.
- The announcement occurred during a ceremony attended by 12 Bishops from Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
- This elevation marks the shrine as the 30th basilica in India.
- The official Papal Decree was read by the Apostolic Nunciature to India representative.
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Andrea Francia
Charge d’Affaires ad interim
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“read out the Papal Decree”
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…and Andhra Pradesh came together at the sea-side house of worship. It is now the 30th basilica in the country. The Very Rev. Msgr. Andrea Francia, Charge d’Affaires ad interim, Apostolic Nunciature to India, New Delhi, read out the Papal Decree . Symbols of the Catholic Church, including the Umbraculum and the Coat of Arms of the Vatican were placed during the ceremony. The Catholic shrine was started as a church in 1972 for local parishioners. It then became…
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