Religion - The Durango Herald

A global look at the Catholic Church’s sex abuse problem

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ high-stakes sex abuse prevention summit is meant to call attention to the crisis as a global problem that requires a global response. His decision was...

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Mormons increase missionary calls home from twice yearly to weekly

SALT LAKE CITY – Parents of Mormon missionaries will be able to hear their children’s voices a lot more often under new rules announced recently that allow the proselytizing youngsters to ca...

DATE: Feb 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Colorado Catholic dioceses submit to voluntary abuse review

Attorney general launches investigation of past priest abuse allegations

DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Sex abuse survivors to meet with Vatican summit organizers

VATICAN CITY – The organizers of Pope Francis’ summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will meet this week with a dozen abuse victims who have descended on Rome to protest the Catholic Church’...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Ex-cardinal McCarrick defrocked by Vatican for sexual abuse

ROME – The Vatican on Saturday said it had defrocked ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick, leveling a historic penalty against a onetime church power broker and former archbishop of Washington aft...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Studying the Bible in public schools: An old culture war returns

Officials in six states, including populous ones such as Virginia and Florida, are considering bills permitting the study of the Bible in classrooms. Proponents of these bills insist that th...

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

U.S. nuns urge changes to church structure to address abuse

VATICAN CITY – The largest association of religious sisters in the United States called Thursday for an overhaul of the male-led leadership structure of the Catholic Church, after Pope Franc...

DATE: Feb 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Las Cruces Diocese releases accused priests’ personnel files

ALBUQUERQUE – Thousands of pages that include the personnel files of more than two dozen priests accused of sexually abusing children have been turned over to the New Mexico Attorney General...

DATE: Feb 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

North Korean Christians keep faith underground amid crackdowns

SEOUL, South Korea – One North Korean defector in Seoul describes her family back home quietly singing Christian hymns every Sunday while someone stood watch for informers. A second cowered ...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Vatican clarifies pope on issue of ‘sexual slavery’ of nuns

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican on Wednesday clarified comments by Pope Francis about a case of what he called “sexual slavery” within a French congregation of nuns, saying he was referring to an...

DATE: Feb 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Pope in historic UAE visit urges faith leaders to reject war

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Pope Francis urged religious leaders Monday to work together to reject the “miserable crudeness” of war as he opened the first-ever papal visit to the Arabi...

DATE: Feb 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

How Christian missionary media shaped the world

The Christian Broadcasting Network, founded over 50 years ago by evangelist Pat Robertson, has now created the first 24-hour Christian television news channel. Robertson said that...

DATE: Feb 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday