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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

DeColores Civitan Club honors local clergy

The DeColores Civitan Club of Durango is honoring local clergy during Clergy Appreciation Week, Feb. 3-9. DeColores Civitan would like to thank clergy of all faiths for their service to the ...

DATE: Feb 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Cubans inaugurate first new Catholic church in decades

SANDINO, Cuba – The first new Roman Catholic church to be completed in Cuba since the country’s 1959 socialist revolution was inaugurated with the aid of a Florida congregation Saturday, in ...

DATE: Jan 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Pope reaffirms priest celibacy but makes case for exception

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – Pope Francis is ruling out any lifting of the celibacy requirement for priests but says there’s reason to consider ordaining older, married men in remote communities...

DATE: Jan 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Pope lowers expectations for next month’s sex abuse summit

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – Pope Francis has sought to lower expectations from his big sex abuse prevention summit next month. Francis told reporters returning from Panama on Sunday ...

DATE: Jan 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Durango High School girls basketball wins bigDHS girls basketball defeat Montrose in Sweet 16 game at DHS on Wednesday

DHS girls basketball defeat Montrose in Sweet 16 game at DHS on Wednesday

Photos: Horsing around

Photos: Winter storm leaves over a foot of snow

Photos: FLC hoops at WhalenSkyhawks women’s and men’s basketball teams lose to Colorado Mesa

Skyhawks women’s and men’s basketball teams lose to Colorado Mesa

Photos: Fashion at its bestSnowdown Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Snowdown Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Photos: Snowdown on SaturdaySnowdown’s Canine Fashion Show and Outlaw Josie Pete’s Golf

Snowdown’s Canine Fashion Show and Outlaw Josie Pete’s Golf

Photos: Snowdown Rock-em-Sock-em Snowbots pillow fights

Snowdown Light Parade can boast another successful yearLights flashed, fire trucks wailed and a foam cannon spewed suds

Bright lights, screaming fire trucks and children bundled up so thoroughly it seemed like an army of Michelin men had taken over downtown Durango. Yep. It’s the much anticipated Snowdown light parade, this year distinguished by a crowd of onlookers peppered with scrabble tiles, Clue characters and playing cards.

Locals flocked to Main Avenue on Friday to get a look (and maybe a Smartie or two) at the floats parading through town on various, creatively decorated vehicles. There were some obvious standouts at this year’s board game-themed parade. After a fire truck’s opening sirens came the Purgatory car, toting a brightly lit ski bum moonlighting as a DJ, likely giving the women of Durango some unpleasant déjà vu. Best dressed had to go to the Colorado Department of Transportation’s bulldozer, wearing the most believable Hungry Hungry Hippos costume seen yet. Biggest crowd pleaser? The dancers boogieing to Chappell Roan’s “HOT TO GO!” while the crowd sang and wiggled along. But what got the biggest rise out of the onlookers was the white plumes of motorcycle exhaust, courtesy of the Harley-Davidson club. The smell of burning octane was a convincing enough reason for people to briefly unclutch the rails and step away from their coveted positions at the front of the fence. Last but not least, another machine spewing its interior into the crowd: a foam cannon, the first one to make an appearance in the history of Snowdown. Much better received than exhaust, it extracted gleeful screams from kids and adults alike. jbowman@durangoherald.com

Lights flashed, fire trucks wailed and a foam cannon spewed suds

Photos: Feel the heatSnowdown 2025 Hot Wing Eating Contest

Snowdown 2025 Hot Wing Eating Contest

Ex-cardinal McCarrick defrocked by Vatican for sexual abuse

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

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

Las Cruces Diocese releases accused priests’ personnel files

North Korean Christians keep faith underground amid crackdowns

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

Pope in historic UAE visit urges faith leaders to reject war

How Christian missionary media shaped the world

DeColores Civitan Club honors local clergy

Cubans inaugurate first new Catholic church in decades

Pope reaffirms priest celibacy but makes case for exception

Pope lowers expectations for next month’s sex abuse summit

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