Religion - The Durango Herald

Mother Teresa will become saint Sept. 4

VATICAN CITY – Mother Teresa will be made a saint Sept. 4. Pope Francis set the canonization date this week, paving the way for the nun who cared for the poorest of the poor to be...

DATE: Mar 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Hasidic influx sparks changes to ‘no-knock’ rules

Jewish leaders say there is campaign against community

DATE: Mar 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Durango Herald to print service schedule

The Durango Herald will run special schedules for Easter week and Easter weekend. Churches are asked to submit their services to Ann Butler at 375-4584 or abutler@durangoherald.c...

DATE: Mar 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Religious images at your desk may thwart unethical behavior

Bosses may be less likely to ask employees to cheat

DATE: Mar 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Religion Briefs

Vatican media praises Oscar winner ‘Spotlight’ VATICAN CITY – The Vatican newspaper praised Oscar-winning film “Spotlight” this week as having given voice to the “profound pain” o...

DATE: Mar 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Fear of god may explain humanity’s expansion

People who hold such beliefs act less selfishly, study shows

DATE: Feb 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Santa Fe archbishop says U.S. immigrant detention policy wrong

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. policy on detaining immigrants fleeing violence in Central America is unjust, and the federal government’s obsession with enforcement is hurting families, Santa Fe Archbis...

DATE: Feb 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Sanders tells us a lot about religion in U.S.

Candidate’s type of faith is common among Americans

DATE: Feb 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

What you need to know about pope’s Mexico trip

VATICAN CITY – History’s first Latin American pope began a weeklong trip to Mexico on Friday with plans to tour some of the most violent, poverty-stricken and peripheral places in the Americ...

DATE: Feb 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Revitalized El Paso ready to show off for papal tourists

EL PASO, Texas – No longer the desolate space it was a few years ago, downtown El Paso is ripe with new hotels, bars, restaurants – and bulldozers that herald the planned construction of a s...

DATE: Feb 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Japan may change temple map icon to avoid Nazi confusion

Map icon can be confused with Nazi swastika

DATE: Feb 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Historic step: Pope, Russia patriarch to meet in Cuba

VATICAN CITY – In an historic step to heal the 1,000-year schism that split Christianity, Pope Francis and the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church will meet in Cuba next week in an attempt...

DATE: Feb 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion