An official probe into the jet-setting abbot of China’s Shaolin Temple has fueled cynicism about capitalism and religion.

The Shaolin Temple said on Sunday that Abbot Shi Yongxin, known as the “CEO monk” for establishing dozens of companies abroad, was suspected of “embezzling project funds and temple assets”. The ...

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NEW YORK (RNS) — The street co-naming honors the life of the Zen master who once lived and studied on the same block of West 109th Street.