Unitarians to discuss march on Selma
The Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris will give a talk called “The Continuous Struggle” at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, 419 San Juan Drive.
The group will discuss the legacy of the 50th anniversary of the march on Selma.
For more information, visit www.durangouu.org.
St. Columba to hold rosary marathon
The Rosary Marathon for Life will take place every half hour from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday at St. Columba Church, 1800 East Second Ave.
Thursday is the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade. A National Prayer Service and March for Life is held annually in Washington, D.C. St. Columba Parish will participate with this “great prayer for life” and offer a day of rosaries for the unborn and for the dignity of all life.
All are welcome.
Local Catholics invited to return to church
People who are Catholic but have been away from the faith are invited to become an active part of the church again.
Beginning at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 27, St. Columba Parish, 1800 East Second Ave., will offer a place for listening, for being heard and for reconnecting with the faith as an adult.
For more information, call 247-0044 or email landings@stcolumbacatholic.org.
Mormon man faces discipline for website
SALT LAKE CITY – A lifelong Mormon well-known for running a website that provides a forum for church members questioning their faith said Thursday he is set to be kicked out of the religion.
John Dehlin, of Logan, said a regional church leader informed him Wednesday night that a disciplinary hearing is scheduled for Jan. 25, at which Dehlin is likely to be censured or excommunicated.
Excommunication is rare and amounts to the harshest punishment available for a church member.
Dehlin said he was told last year that his website MormonStories.org and his public support of same-sex marriage were reasons he is being accused of apostasy, defined by the church as “repeatedly acting in clear, open and deliberate public opposition to the church or its faithful leaders, or persisting, after receiving counsel, in teaching false doctrine.”
Dehlin has released letters from the church leader that were given to him in August and this month. The letters focus on Dehlin’s questioning of key church doctrine, the forum he provides via the website for doubters and him becoming an ordained minister in another faith.
The documents do not mention his support for gay marriage.
Dehlin says he would like to remain a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but won’t give up the website or pull back his support for gays and lesbians. He has faced church discipline multiple times over the past decade.
Pakistan cleric offers prayers for attackers
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A hard-line cleric in northwest Pakistan has led a memorial service for the two brothers who attacked the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, praising their assault.
Pir Mohammad Chishti, who runs a religious seminary in the city of Peshawar, led the prayers Tuesday. About 40 people attended, with some carrying banners condemning the magazine. They chanted praise for Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi, who massacred 12 people in the newspaper attack and were later killed by police.
Charlie Hebdo often lampooned religions, including Islam by drawing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Such depictions are considered blasphemous by many Muslims.
Chishti told reporters at the prayer ceremony that anyone who commits blasphemy should be killed.
Herald Staff & Associated Press
