Dalai Lama Archives

Iowa bishop presents coalition’s Pacem award to Dalai Lama in India
- Mar 16, 2019
In a Buddhist temple nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, more than 7,200 miles from Davenport, Iowa, the Dalai Lama received the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award from Bishop Thomas R. Zinkula March 4.

By Barb Arland-Fye
Religious leaders in India gather to preach non-violence, world peace
- Aug 18, 2017
Archbishop Felix Machado told an interfaith gathering in India on Aug. 13 that people need to have peace in their hearts if they are to seek to create peace in the world. “What is required is unity and truth.” In the wake of this week’s terrorist attack in Spain, Machado said religious leaders must “build peace while times are peaceful. Do not wait for tensions and conflicts.”

By Nirmala Carvalho
Pope Francis ahead of Drake, behind Bill Gates in Twitter sweepstakes
- Aug 6, 2017
As of Sunday, Aug. 6, Pope Francis crossed the twelve-million mark for his Twitter following in English, and has over 36 million followers combined for nine accounts in different languages. That makes him both the most followed world leader and religious leader, though he’s only in the top thirty on the social media platform overall.

By Crux Staff

Dec 13, 2014

British writer and veteran Catholic professional Austen Ivereigh has a terrific new book out called The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope. Among other things, he’s masterful in explaining how navigating the ideologically charged period of Argentina’s “Dirty War” prepared the pontiff to try to hold

Dalai Lama begins US visit in Birmingham

Oct 24, 2014

The Dalai Lama is in Birmingham, Alabama this weekend, where he is expected to speak to thousands of people during appearances at a university, a baseball stadium, and a theater. The Tibetan spiritual leader greeted supporters Saturday outside a downtown hotel at the start of his visit to the United