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Thais rescued from cave shave heads ahead of ordination ceremony
AFP, Published on 24/07/2018
» MAE SAI (THAILAND) - Thai boys rescued from deep inside a flooded cave in a dramatic mission had their heads shaved Tuesday before a Buddhist ordination ceremony in honour of a diver who died during the operation.
First rites: China's Orthodox Christians see Easter resurrection
AFP, Published on 01/05/2016
» HARBIN (CHINA) - His red and gold vestments bathed in candlelight, the first mainland Chinese Orthodox priest ordained for six decades led an Easter service on Sunday -- one of the most surprising fruits of warming ties between Moscow and Beijing.
Equal rites: Tibetan nuns seek matching status
AFP, Published on 10/03/2016
» SERTAR, CHINA - With a shaved head, flowing burgundy robes and religious devotion, Xinde Shijiamouni has all the trappings of a Tibetan Buddhist monk. But her serenity is troubled -- because as a nun, she cannot reach the same clerical status as a man.
'Rock star' Pope steals limelight
News, Published on 25/09/2015
» Xi Jinping may govern one-fifth of humanity, yet when the Chinese president arrives in Washington he risks being upstaged by the leader of another billion-strong flock: Pope Francis.
First Catholic bishop for three years ordained in China
AFP, Published on 04/08/2015
» ANYANG (CHINA) - The first Catholic bishop to be ordained in China for more than three years was consecrated on Tuesday amid a heavy police presence, worshippers said.
Yingluck off to Sri Lanka Friday
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 30/05/2013
» Thailand and Sri Lanka will sign four agreements to strengthen relations between the two countries during Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's visit to Colombo and the Maldives.
New pope faces old problem of divided China Church
AFP, Published on 01/03/2013
» Chinese Catholics pack Beijing's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for Sunday Mass, praying and singing hymns beneath stained glass windows much like their brethren around the world.
Pope's hunky secretary makes front page of Vanity Fair
AFP, Published on 17/01/2013
» Pope Benedict XVI's dashing personal secretary Georg Gaenswein has made the front page of the Italian edition of Vanity Fair, under the headline "being beautiful is not a sin."
China government church strips bishop of title
AFP, Published on 11/12/2012
» China's state-run Catholic church has stripped a bishop of his title after he dramatically split with official religious authorities, a spokesman for the organisation said Tuesday.
China ordains bishop, defies Vatican
AFP, Published on 06/07/2012
» China's state-run Catholic church ordained a bishop on Friday in defiance of the Vatican, authorities said as they dismissed protests from the Holy See as "rude and unreasonable".