National News Pink smoke signals in Rome call for women priests Filippo MONTEFORTE May 7, 2025 The cardinals meeting Wednesday behind closed doors in the Sistine Chapel will not hear any female opinions during deliberations expected to l…
National News Pink smoke signals in Rome call for women priests Dave CLARK AFP May 7, 2025 Excluded from the conclave to elect a new pope Wednesday -- and more broadly from the Church's entire global priesthood -- some Catholic women…
National News Flowers in their hair: Shan boys ordained into Buddhist monkhood Manan VATSYAYANA Apr 10, 2025 Young ethnic Shan boys wearing shimmering dresses and colourful floral headpieces take part in a traditional rite of passage ceremony to be in…
National News Flowers in their hair: Shan boys ordained into Buddhist monkhood Manan VATSYAYANA Apr 10, 2025 During the annual Poy Sang Long procession, young boys, dressed in flowers, finery and makeup, are paraded around a temple in Thailand before …
National News Flowers in their hair: Shan boys ordained into Buddhist monkhood MANAN VATSYAYANA Apr 10, 2025 Twelve year-old Saenghan gets his head shaved by a Buddhist monks on the eve of the annual Poy Sang Long procession at Wat Ku Tao Temple
National News Flowers in their hair: Shan boys ordained into Buddhist monkhood Manan VATSYAYANA Apr 10, 2025 Twelve-year-old Saenghan gets his make-up done ahead of the annual Poy Sang Long procession
National News Flowers in their hair: Shan boys ordained into Buddhist monkhood Manan VATSYAYANA Apr 10, 2025 Nine-year-old Donlaphat Lungta, an ethnic Shan boy, gets ready to take part in the annual Poy Sang Long procession at the Wat Ku Tao Buddhist …
National News Flowers in their hair: Shan boys ordained into Buddhist monkhood Manan VATSYAYANA Apr 10, 2025 The Poy Sang Long tradition, meaning, "ordaining beloved sons" is a vibrant three-day ritual before the boys enter monastic life for between t…
National News Flowers in their hair: Shan boys ordained into Buddhist monkhood Manan VATSYAYANA Apr 10, 2025 Young ethnic Shan boys prepare to take part in the annual Poy Sang Long procession, a traditional rite of passage for young boys to be initiat…
National News Flowers in their hair: Shan boys ordained into Buddhist monkhood Montira RUNGJIRAJITTRANON AFP Apr 10, 2025 Dressed in flowers, finery and makeup, scores of boys were paraded around a temple in Thailand after having their heads shaved -- a symbolic s…
