Religion - The Durango Herald

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

Key witness reveals how polygamists operated

‘Burner’ phones used to speak with fugitive polygamous leader

DATE: Jan 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Religion Briefs

St. Columba Parish invites Catholics back St. Columba Parish in Durango invites Catholics to come back to the church through its Landings program. During several sessi...

DATE: Jan 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

New laws could protect gay marriage foes

State lawmakers seek exemptions for religious beliefs

DATE: Jan 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

U.S., Mexico cities prepare for pope

Francis will visit Juarez in February

DATE: Jan 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Religion Briefs

St. Columba to hold Rosary Day for Life St. Columba Parish invites the community to join in a Rosary Day for Life from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday in the church, 1800 East Second Ave...

DATE: Jan 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Orthodox faithful mark Christmas with services, celebrations

MOSCOW – For much of the Orthodox Christian world, Thursday is celebrated as Christmas Day. Believers in Russia, Ukraine, and parts of Eastern Europe and the Middle East flocked to churches ...

DATE: Jan 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Religion

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

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