Religion News – Newsletter for January 19, 2011

Bihar beckons: NRI shooting documentary with Hollywood crew

PATNA – California-based NRI filmmaker Ravi Verma has come all the way to his native Bihar with a Hollywood crew to make a documentary on famous Chinese Buddhist monk Hiuen Tsang’s journey to India and says it’s a dream come true.

Verma and the crew are busy shooting the documentary “Hridayasutram” in Bihar’s popular Buddhist … Read : Bihar beckons: NRI shooting documentary with Hollywood crew.

Catholic Church urges ‘clarity’ from Berlusconi over sex scandal

ROME – The Catholic Church in Italy Tuesday urged embattled Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to shed light on charges facing him in a widening sex scandal.

“Necessary clarity”, demanded the headline of a front-page editorial of Avvenire, a daily newspaper owned by Italy’s Catholic Bishops Conference.
About “the umpteenth judicial-political scandal”, raging against the premier … Original article on : Catholic Church urges ‘clarity’ from Berlusconi over sex scandal.

Finally, ’salvation’ for 128 Hindus who died in Pakistan

NEW DELHI – For 35 long years, the ashes of 128 Hindus remained at a cremation ground in Karachi, in the hope that some day the departed souls would attain “salvation” when their last remains are immersed in the holy Ganga.

That last wish of these people, who died in Pakistan since independence, … Read more : Finally, ’salvation’ for 128 Hindus who died in Pakistan.