There are always humble loving hearts that are willing to take care of those who are weak and defenceless. There are always those who don't take economy as the foundation to their decisons." The nuns who run...
The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.ukOct 21 2008First, they went after the barber shops and video stores, razing to the ground those outlets they deemed inimical to their obscurantist interests.Then came...
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This is a total Sunday News Story: a Catholic priest is forming an online beauty contest that will only be open to nuns. He's calling it the "Sister Italia" contest, though it will be open to nuns from 'round...
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Few hours before the starting of Olympics Games the Tibetans have continued their protest all over the world. There have been protests rally today in Nepalese capital Kathmandu. Tibetans have been on fast unto...
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Christian devotees from all over world have gathered to welcome the visit of Pope in Sydney. The festival will start on Tuesday and more than 200,000 pilgrims are expected to attend this event. "Thousands of pilgrims...
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"Chelsea Clinton campaigned for her mother Tuesday in Puerto Rico, where the marathon race for the Democratic presidential nomination has brought new importance to a U.S. island that typically has scant say over national affairs.With just over a month to go before Puerto...
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The Japanese are known to tolerate ambiguity between high and low culture, between the sacred and profane..."Japanese monks and nuns held a fashion show — replete with rap music and a catwalk — at a major Tokyo...
Just spotted this on News1130...anyone out there with some more info on this? "Police pushed their way into a Polish convent Wednesday and evicted about 65 rebellious nuns - arresting the mother superior and a monk who had occupied the complex with them illegally for two years."
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To Chinese President Hu Jintao and the UN Security Council: We stand alongside the citizens of Burma in their peaceful protests. We urge you to oppose a violent crackdown on the demonstrators, and to support genuine...
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MYANMAR, URANUS AND NEPTUNE
In
Burma the bloody repression by the dictatorial military junta, began
the same day of the full-moon in Libra. During the...
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Monks are dying for starvation.
Monks who started the protests two
weeks ago in Burma, are now held in their monasteries, kept at close
watch by the repression of the army.
The militia prevent the...
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This is something rarely heard of in the United States, especially in such large numbers..."Six Catholic nuns have been excommunicated for heresy after refusing to give up membership in a Canadian sect whose founder claims to be possessed by the Virgin Mary, the Diocese of...
Most likely the most unoffensive group of religious orders in the world, some (National Geographic Historical Accounts) who say the Buddist Monk Order in India found Jesus wandering their land and cared for him till...
9/23/2007 Agencies
Myanmar: Buddhist nuns joined the
growing protests against Myanmar's ruling generals on Sunday, a day
after a dramatic appearance by detained democracy icon Aung San Suu
Kyi to pray...
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