Year: 2021
News
Pope to CHARIS Pentecost vigil: Holy Spirit changes us so we can change the world – Vatican News
Pope Francis highlights the importance of fraternal love, forgiveness and Christian witness, in a video message for an ecumenical Pentecost Vigil in Jerusalem organized by CHARIS.
Europe
Tensions rise at Irish border over EU inspectors with a finger in too many pies
Pie supplies are feeling the bite of the Northern Ireland Protocol, with the EU accused of carrying out needless border checks “Burdensome” checks on supermarket pork pies and ham by…
News
China Touts Success Building Tibet Less Focused on Religion
China’s top leader in Tibet lauded the progress his country has made developing the region, touting an ethnic-assimilation campaign that has fueled international accusations of human-rights abuses. “More and more…
Buddhism
India-China ties at crossroads, depend on neighbour following rules: Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that the relationship between the neighbours depends upon whether China is adhering to the norms of maintaining peace. Press Trust of India…
Buddhism
Will Start ‘Tibet Advocacy Group’ with Tibetans Living Across Globe to Feed our Cause: New Prez of CTA
File photo of Penpa Tsering. (Reuters) Penpa Tsering is all set to become the next Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) after the official results of the Presidential…
Europe
Member of the European Parliament Maximilian Krah congratulates the Tibet Autonomous Region on its 70th anniversary
Member of the European Parliament Maximilian Krah congratulated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region and praised its development and achievements. /EIN News/ -- Berlin, Germany,…
News
On Religion: Dylan turns 80, while Dylanologists argue about his faith
Night after night, Bob Dylan’s 1979 gospel concerts at San Francisco’s Warfield Theatre made news for all the wrong reasons, according to angry fans. The Nov. 11 show that year…
News
G7 to end state financing for coal power plants this year
Ministerial Communiqué, London, May 21, 2021 Climate change A G7 committed to accelerating progress under the Paris Agreement We reaffirm our strong and steadfast commitment to strengthening implementation of the…
Christianity
Jane Goodall wins 2021 Templeton Prize for harnessing science and the spiritual dimension
Dr. Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, UN Messenger of Peace and world-renowned ethologist and conservationist, whose discoveries changed humanity's understanding of its role in the natural world,…