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Southern Baptists face push for public list of sex abusers

A blistering report about the Southern Baptist Convention’s mishandling of sex abuse allegations is raising the prospect that the denomination, for the first time, will create a publicly acc...

DATE: May 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

Buddhist chaplains, offering broad appeal, on the rise in U.S.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Wedged into a recliner in the corner of her assisted living apartment in Portland, Skylar Freimann, who has a terminal heart condition and pulmonary illness, anxiously eyed ...

DATE: May 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

After leak, religious rift over legal abortion on display

America’s faithful are bracing – some with cautionary joy and others with looming dread – for the Supreme Court to potentially overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and end the nat...

DATE: May 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

Black Catholic nuns: A compelling, long-overlooked history

Even as a young adult, Shannen Dee Williams – who grew up Black and Catholic in Memphis, Tennessee – knew of only one Black nun, and a fake one at that: Sister Mary Clarence, as played by Wh...

DATE: May 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

Supreme Court tackles case about praying football coach

WASHINGTON – A coach who crosses himself before a game. A teacher who reads the Bible aloud before the bell rings. A coach who hosts an after-school Christian youth group in his home. Suprem...

DATE: Apr 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

First pope, now U.S. churches face boarding-school reckoning

As Native Americans cautiously welcome Pope Francis’ historic apology for abuses at Catholic-run boarding schools for Indigenous children in Canada, U.S. churches are bracing for an unpreced...

DATE: Apr 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

Across U.S., faith groups mobilize to aid Ukrainian refugees

LOS ANGELES – As U.S. refugee resettlement agencies and nonprofits nationwide gear up to help Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion and war that has raged for nearly six weeks, members of ...

DATE: Apr 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

Grassroots groups help rescue Holocaust survivors in Ukraine

LOS ANGELES – Since the shelling began to intensify in Kyiv and Kharkiv earlier this month, Julia Entin has been working feverishly – thousands of miles away in Los Angeles – to evacuate Hol...

DATE: Mar 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

Jehovah’s Witnesses flee Russia for worship without fear

Over the past five years, hundreds of Jehovah’s Witnesses have been subjected to raids, arrests and prosecution in Russia. Many others have fled – including one couple, Dmitrii and Nellia An...

DATE: Mar 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

Pipe organ made famous on ‘Hour of Power’ program returns

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. – There are few pipe organs in the world that have a nickname, a feminine pronoun and a Facebook fan page. The Hazel Wright organ – just “Hazel,” to her admirers – was r...

DATE: Feb 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

Rejection or welcome: Transgender Catholics encounter both

For transgender Catholics across the United States, retaining their faith can entail complex calculations. They face rebukes from some fellow Catholics, including many bishops, yet find full...

DATE: Feb 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

Thousands of baptisms by Arizona priest presumed invalid

PHOENIX – The priest was beloved by his parishioners – yet for years he made a one-word ritual mistake, repeatedly, that has caused confusion and anxiety for thousands of Catholics in the Ph...

DATE: Feb 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Religion

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Photos: Pro boxing in DurangoLegends on the Animas boxing showdown took place on Saturday

Legends on the Animas boxing showdown took place on Saturday

Fort Lewis College women’s soccer loses to Colorado School of Mines 5-1

Photos: Durango Cowboy Gathering draws crowd with Horseback Social and paradeThe cowboys, cowgirls and their horses took center stage Saturday in downtown Durango

The cowboys, cowgirls and their horses took center stage Saturday in downtown Durango

Durango Cowboy Gathering hosts its first ever mechanical bull roping competition

About 1,000 sheep move along down Buck Highway during the annual event on Saturday

Photos: Durango football takes on Grand JunctionDemons handle Tigers 38-7 on Friday night

Demons handle Tigers 38-7 on Friday night

Photos: Shiny brand-new schoolMiller Middle School students move into to their newly built school

Miller Middle School students move into to their newly built school

Photos: 250 people march in Farmington to honor Navajos killed in Chokecherry MassacreMore than 250 people marched Saturday morning in downtown Farmington to commemorate the 50 years since the brutal slayings of three Navajo men by three white teenage boys. The march was followed by a ceremony honoring the families of the victims at the Totah Theater.

More than 250 people marched Saturday morning in downtown Farmington to commemorate the 50 years sin...

Photos: Hopes for the resurrection of Iglesia de San AntonioCatholic church in southeast La Plata County needs funding for multiple repairs

Catholic church in southeast La Plata County needs funding for multiple repairs

Southern Baptists face push for public list of sex abusers

Buddhist chaplains, offering broad appeal, on the rise in U.S.

After leak, religious rift over legal abortion on display

Black Catholic nuns: A compelling, long-overlooked history

Supreme Court tackles case about praying football coach

First pope, now U.S. churches face boarding-school reckoning

Across U.S., faith groups mobilize to aid Ukrainian refugees

Grassroots groups help rescue Holocaust survivors in Ukraine

Jehovah’s Witnesses flee Russia for worship without fear

Pipe organ made famous on ‘Hour of Power’ program returns

Rejection or welcome: Transgender Catholics encounter both

Thousands of baptisms by Arizona priest presumed invalid

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