Religion - The Durango Herald

Book World: A peaceful, and palatable, version of Islam

Americans are obsessed with Islam as an idea, as a mystery and as an existential threat to the West. As a result, our debates over Islam and Muslims aren’t really about “them” as much as the...

DATE: Jan 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Former heart surgeon set to become next Mormon president

SALT LAKE CITY – The man set to become the next Mormon church president is a 93-year-old former heart surgeon whose conservative track record on the religion’s leadership panel has led Mormo...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

Thomas S. Monson, president of Mormon church, dies at 90

SALT LAKE CITY – For more than 50 years, Thomas S. Monson served in top leadership councils for the Mormon church – making him a well-known face and personality to multiple generations of Mo...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

New center helping trace roots of Jews in New England

BOSTON – The vibrant and influential history of New England’s Jewish population chronicled in a vast repository of documents stored at the New England Historic Genealogical Society is being ...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

100 parishioners get $100 each: What did they do?

Good deeds abound after donor gives church $10,000

DATE: Dec 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion

A top Church of England bishop scolds U.S. evangelicals for ‘uncritical’ support of Trump

Should Christians always support President Donald Trump? A senior bishop with the Church of England says no. Liverpool Bishop Paul Bayes attacked American evangelicals ...

DATE: Dec 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion

Washington’s new Bible museum talks a lot about Jews. So why are some Jews so skeptical?

Funded and founded by evangelicals, the new Museum of the Bible sticks out for something its leaders clearly wanted to emphasize: Jews. The eight-story, cutting-edge $500 million ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion

A parenting dilemma: Finding the religious meaning of Christmas gifts

Swimming against the tide of gift-giving is tough

DATE: Dec 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion

Christmas Eve church services in Durango

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 910 East Third Ave. Dec. 24: 10 a.m., fourth Sunday of Advent and Holy Eucharist service and “Greening of the Church” Christmas Eve event; 5 p.m., ...

DATE: Dec 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion

Wisconsin priest tells parishioners he’s gay, gets ovation

MILWAUKEE – A Roman Catholic priest in Milwaukee has come out as gay, writing that he will no longer live in the shadows of secrecy and plans to be authentic to his gay self. The ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion

Mormon baptisms of Holocaust victims draw ire

Holocaust victims, grandparents of famous figures have been baptized

DATE: Dec 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion

Vatican issues new rules for relics in saint-making process

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican’s saint-making office has updated its rules governing the use of relics for would-be saints, issuing detailed new guidelines Saturday that govern how body parts an...

DATE: Dec 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion