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Canadian Bishop Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography
By RON CSILLAG c. 2011 Religion News Service TORONTO (RNS) A former Roman Catholic bishop in Nova Scotia has pleaded guilty to trying to import child pornography after he was arrested in 2009 returning...
View ArticleBuddhist monks teach maleness to ‘ladyboys’
Chiang Khong, Thailand -- The 15-year-old aspiring "ladyboy" delicately applied a puff of talcum powder to his nose - an act of rebellion at the Thai Buddhist temple where he is learning to "be a man"....
View ArticleRifle-toting soldiers tag along, protecting Thai monks collecting traditional...
With a Muslim insurgency threatening to destabilize Thailand's south, armed soldiers have begun shadowing the area's Buddhist monks as they make their daily rounds begging for alms. "With its barbed...
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