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Sravasti Abbey: A Dream Fulfilled For U.S. Buddhist Nuns

Posted on May 8, 2012

By Tracy Simmons Religion News Service NEWPORT, Wash. (RNS) There aren't a lot of Buddhists in America — around 3 million or so, according to the Pluralism Project at Harvard University. There isn't exactly an abundance of monasteries here either, … Continue reading →

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TVMP Abducts Buddhist Prelate over Batticaloa Land: Where are the Human Rights of the Sinhalese Buddhists?

Posted on May 6, 2012

TMVP members yesterday (May 03) afternoon abducted chief incumbent of Mangalarama Vihara in Batticaloa and confined him to the Vellavali Pradeshiya Sabha chairman’s office for several hours, media reports said. Ven. Ampitiye Sumana Thera later lodged a complaint with the … Continue reading →

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Catholic Nun Accused of Snatching Babies

Posted on May 2, 2012

Stolen Babies Scandal in Spain Sister Maria Gomez is an 87-year-old Catholic nun. This month, she appeared in a Spanish court escorted by police. She is accused of snatching an infant from her birth mother and putting the child up … Continue reading →

Published in Europe, Spain

Religious Conversion Worst Form of Intolerance, Bhutan PM

Posted on May 2, 2012

In the Kingdom of Bhutan, where Christianity is still awaiting legal recognition, Christians have the right to proclaim their faith but must not use coercion or claim religious superiority to seek conversions, the country’s prime minister told Compass in an … Continue reading →

Published in Asia Pacific, Bhutan, News

Buddhist Monk Attacked in Bangladesh

Posted on May 2, 2012

The Buddhist minority in majority Muslim Bangladesh have been constant targets by Islamic extremists Chittagong, Bangladesh– Three men were arrested by police after they barged into a Buddhist temple this week to attack a Buddhist monk during a religious function. … Continue reading →

Published in Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, News

Pope has No Answers for Suffering

Posted on May 2, 2012

In a television interview in which he answered questions about the tsunami in Japan, civil war in the Ivory Coast and whether a person in a vegetative state still has a soul Pope Benedict XVI responding to the first question, … Continue reading →

Published in News, Vatican