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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...

Lent begins

Japan may change temple map icon to avoid Nazi confusion

Map icon can be confused with Nazi swastika

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...

Key witness reveals how polygamists operated

‘Burner’ phones used to speak with fugitive polygamous leader

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...

Durango Dharma Center expands

Center in Durango raises $1 million to purchase new home

New laws could protect gay marriage foes

State lawmakers seek exemptions for religious beliefs

In shattered Ramadi, a test of Iraqi unity

City ‘totally destroyed’ from years of war

U.S., Mexico cities prepare for pope

Francis will visit Juarez in February

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...

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 ...