Religion – The Durango Herald

Pope Francis will be in Portugal for 5 days. Here's what he will visit

LISBON, Portugal – Pope Francis begins a five-day trip to Portugal on Wednesday for World Youth Day, the international Catholic jamboree that is expected to gather around 1 million people. ...

DATE: Aug 2, 2023 | CATEGORY: Religion

North Carolina megachurch exits Southern Baptist Convention after expulsions over women pastors

Less than a month after finalizing the ouster of one of its largest churches for having women pastors, the Southern Baptist Convention has lost another of its biggest congregations. Elevatio...

DATE: Jul 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Religion

Durango Dharma Center to offer New Year’s retreat

To usher in the new year with wisdom, clarity and compassion, the Durango Dharma Center is offering a nonresidential weekend retreat Dec. 30 through Jan. 1 at Durango Dharma Center, 1800 Eas...

DATE: Dec 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

Church accepting grant applications

The Mission Endowment Fund Committee of Christ the King Lutheran Church is now accepting grant applications for projects that support the mission of the church. The mission is “to love and ...

DATE: Nov 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

TV’s ‘The Waltons’ explored serious spiritual themes

The Rev. Matt Curry’s parents were children of the Great Depression, just like “The Waltons” – the beloved TV family whose prime-time series premiered 50 years ago. When Curry was growing up...

DATE: Sep 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

Knock, knock: Jehovah’s Witnesses resume door-to-door work

Jehovah’s Witnesses have restarted their door-to-door ministry after more than two and a half years on hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic, reviving a religious practice the faith con...

DATE: Sep 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Columbia River’s salmon at core of ancient religion

ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER – James Kiona stands on a rocky ledge overlooking Lyle Falls where the water froths and rushes through steep canyon walls just before merging with the Columbia River...

DATE: Aug 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

Religions know power of getting away from it all

Summer vacations are coming to an end – though not everyone took one. Under federal law, U.S. companies aren’t required to offer a single paid vacation day, compared with the at least 20 req...

DATE: Aug 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tribal leaders, members react to pope’s apology on schools

MASKWACIS, Alberta – Pope Francis’ apology this week for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system and the abuses that took place within it was a full-throated denunci...

DATE: Jul 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. houses of worship increase security after shootings

LOS ANGELES – The Rev. Steven Marsh never thought he would see the day his church in Laguna Woods, California – a town of 16,500 populated largely by retirees – would be spending $20,000 a m...

DATE: Jul 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

On Greecr’s Santorini, 13 cloistered nuns pray for the world

THIRA, Greece – Cruise-ship tourists crowding souvenir shops and couples chasing the perfect Instagram sunset throng the alleyway outside the Monastery of St. Catherine, steps from Santorini...

DATE: Jul 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

Christians strip down at a South Texas nudist community

Outside the small Texas town of Elsa, a sheet metal fence too tall to see over surrounds a few acres of prime Rio Grande Valley land. In front of the compound’s drab, gray gate, bright orang...

DATE: Jul 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion