Catholics 'sickened' by Pennsylvania sex abuse report and church's coverup but stand by their faith
Many churchgoers said they were sickened and saddened by a grand jury report detailing widespread sexual abuse by hundreds of priests in Pennsylvania but they would not let the Roman Catholic Church's coverup dissuade them from their faith. Nearly 200 parishioners filled almost all the ...
Kyoto-based Buddhist group struggles with decline in temples and priests
A Kyoto-based Buddhist group with the largest number of followers in Japan is boosting its support to its member temples in other prefectures amid a shortage of incoming chief priests and a decline in danka (financial supporters). In Toyama Prefecture, a temple of the Honganji ...
Inter-faith groups formed by religious leaders have been taking off since the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011. An untold number of small councils have been established, but at the prefectural and city levels there are some 50 groups across Japan. In Ota Ward, Tokyo, priests ...
