Woodlands Buddhist monastery opens as HQ for its 3,500 members
SINGAPORE - A Buddhist monastery to serve Singapore's north officially opened on Friday (Aug 11).......08/15/2017
Pope Francis decries attack on Nigerian churchgoers, violence in CAR
Pope Francis appealed on Wednesday for an end to “every form of hatred and violence”, especially those “perpetrated in places…......08/14/2017
Cambodia Angkor Wat: Ancient statue unearthed
Archaeologists at Cambodia's celebrated Angkor Wat temple complex have unearthed a large statue believed to date back to the late…......08/14/2017
Nun conducts Catholic wedding because there aren’t enough priests
Sister Pierrette Thiffault receive permission from the Vatican to perform the ceremony. ......08/08/2017
12 monks leap from 7-meter high beam into Lake Biwa as part of Buddhist ritual
Twelve Buddhist monks jumped from a roughly 7-meter-high beam into Lake Biwa on Aug. 1 as part of an annual…......08/08/2017
August summit of the Catholic Patriarchs of the East
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Council of Eastern Catholic Patriarchs will meet before August 15th in Dimane, Lebanon, at the…......08/04/2017
Iranian pilgrims return to haj in Saudi Arabia after boycott last year
Nearly 90,000 Iranians are expected to attend the haj in Medina this year, and were due to start arriving today,…......08/01/2017
Over 300 take part in global Buddhist summit
BENTONG: Over 300 participants comprising monks and representatives from 45 Buddhist organisations gathered at the Dharma Buddhist University (DBU) campus…......07/28/2017
