Italian Nuns Refuse to carry court order to Kill Eluana Englaro

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...

God's Thugs....

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...

A Beauty Pageant for Nuns - cancelled!

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...

Angry Tibetans protest in Nepal

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...

Australia prepares for Pope's visit

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...

Chelsea Clinton stumps for her mother in Puerto Rico

"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...

Japanese monks strut their stuff on the catwalk

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...

Police evict nuns from Polish convent, arrest monk, mother superior

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."

Petition Stand with the Burmese Protesters

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...

Burma, a planetary interaction

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...

Press Conference - UNITED NATIONS on Burma

Department of Public Information-News and Media Division-New York 5 Sept. 2007 Speaking to...

SHORT-TERMS POLITICS

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...

Six Arkansas nuns excommunicated for heresy

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...

Myanmar : 5,000 monks protest Military Rule

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...

Nuns join Myanmar protests for the first time!

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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