Religion News – Newsletter for January 16, 2011

Three former Anglican bishops ordained in Catholic Church

LONDON – In a history-making ceremony, three former Anglican church bishops — all married and with children — were Saturday ordained as Catholic priests, a move they took to protest female ordination in the Anglican Church.

Westminster Bishop Vincent Nichols, leader of Catholics in England and Wales, ordained the three men — Andrew Burnham, Keith … Read more »»».

Mosque demolition: Contempt plea filed against Dikshit

NEW DELHI – People from a south Delhi neighbourhood Saturday moved the Delhi High Court seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari for allegedly instigating people to offer prayers at the site of a razed illegal mosque.

Prayers were offered on …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Assam celebrates Bihu festival with bonfires, bird fights

HAJO – For a prize comprising traditional bell metal utensils, up to 200 birds and their owners were locked in a bitter fight Saturday — an event that marks Bhogali Bihu, the harvest festival in Assam.

Since morning, this dusty roadside village, some 30 km west of Guwahati, came alive with an estimated 200 red-vented [..] Read the original article: here.