The Rev. Kevin Thew Forrester, who was elected in February to lead the sparsely populated Diocese of Northern Michigan, failed to gain “consent,” or ratification, from a majority of elected ...

On February 12 a devotee of Zen Buddhism was elected bishop of the Episcopal Church’s Northern Michigan diocese. Meanwhile, a Seattle-area priest has been given until March 30 to decide whether ...

When asked if it was difficult for the Buddhist movement to buy the church, he replied it wasn’t. “No, not at all. I know that the diocese has strict guidelines when it comes to reuse.

Kevin Thew Forrester, who is ordained both as an Episcopal priest and as a lay Zen Buddhist, was elected bishop by the Diocese of Northern Michigan (the Upper Peninsula) in February. He is also ...

Catholic clergymen and believers are currently helping a Buddhist monk build a pagoda, a tangible act of friendship among people of different religions in Kalpitiya, a city located in the Diocese ...

Soon after his election by the diocese, conservative church bloggers from across the country discovered that he practices Zen meditation and received “lay ordination” from a Buddhist community.

Host Andrew West with Kanishka Raffel, the new Archbishop of the Anglican diocese of Sydney. The Sri Lankan born, former-Buddhist is the first person from a non-European background to hold the ...

The diocese of Tuam hired a PR company last year ... Last year, just one person began training to become a brother. Buddhism, on the other hand, is experiencing a huge surge in interest.

Bishop Martin Amos of the Diocese of Davenport will meet on Oct ... Nhat Hanh was trained in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and was ordained in 1949, Kiley said. He approached his mission ...

Colombo (Fides Service) - A Catholic church in the diocese of Anuradhapura centre north Sri Lanka has been sacked and set on fire by a group of masked extremists. Fides only just received the news of ...