Squinting into the wind and rain, we marched from a desolate parking lot on the southwest tip of Ireland down a slippery path. I turned a corner and the mean-looking surf was still a long walk away. Noticing my questioning look, my guide, Conner, egged me on. He was hell-bent on showing me “the tracks…
Mont-Saint-Michel: Normandy’s Magnificent Island Abbey
I love to scamper, at low tide, shoes in my hands, far from shore, across the mudflat in the vast Bay of Mont St-Michel. Splashing across black sand and through little puddles, I head for a dramatic abbey reaching to heaven from a rock surrounded by a vast and muddy solitude. Since the sixth century,…
‘Anecdotal Evidence’ of Sexual Abuse of Tibetan Nuns While in Chinese Police Custody
The Chinese regime’s sexual abuse of Uyghurs has been widely reported in recent years as more victims of this Muslim minority have stepped forward to expose the ongoing persecution in the Xinjiang region. The mass rape and torture of female Falun Gong practitioners have been extensively reported by Minghui.org in the last two decades. Tibetan nuns also…
Buddhist Monks Transform Plastic Bottles, Waste Into Monastic Robes, Masks in Thailand
A group of Thai monks has caught international attention for their innovative approach to reducing plastic waste: turning used bottles and bags into brand-new monastic robes and masks. The Buddhist temple of Wat Chak Daeng has been on a mission to reduce plastic waste in Thailand for years. The country suffers from the sixth-largest amount…
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