ReligionThe 1990s

Religion in the 1990s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged religion — faiths, institutions and religious change, narrowed to the 1990s — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, running from 1990 to 1997. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
1990
Latest
1997
Africa
1
Asia
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Africa

    Ivory Coast

    Basilica of Our Lady of Peace consecrated

    The vast basilica at Yamoussoukro, modelled on St Peter's in Rome and recognised as the largest church in the world, was consecrated by Pope John Paul II amid controversy over its enormous cost.

    Era: The Ivorian miracle and the long Houphouët-Boigny era

    Sources: Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro · Encyclopædia Britannica, Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro Basilica (1989– ) · BlackPast.org

  2. Asia

    Nepal

    Lumbini inscribed as World Heritage

    UNESCO inscribes Lumbini on the World Heritage List, recognising it as the birthplace of the Buddha and a centre of Buddhist pilgrimage since the 3rd century BCE.

    Era: Lumbini and the Birth of the Buddha

    Sources: Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha · UNESCO World Heritage Centre