Faith

Christmas services in Durango, Bayfield and Ignacio

The Journal file CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH: 495 Florida Road. Candlelight worship, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. No child…

How long is the sermon? Study ranks Christian churches

Rev. Shanan Jones delivers a sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. According a study by the Pew Research Center,…

Durango Vineyard Church to hold Christmas Eve service at Strater Hotel

The service is open to everyone and will celebrate God coming to the world in love to save humankind. The…

First Baptist Church to host Christmas Eve services

Both services are identical and will last about an hour. Nursery will be available for children ages birth to 2.…

First Presbyterian Church of Durango to host Christmas Eve service

Tara Mandala to host Winter Solstice Celebration

Tara Mandala will host its 25th anniversary Winter Solstice Celebration on Dec. 21 at the center, 4000 Forest Service Road…

Shinto festival carries on centuries-old tradition in Japan

The Chichibu Night Festival, which has roots stretching more than 1,000 years, is one of three famous Japanese festivals to…

Local churches to hold Advent services

6 p.m. Dec. 11: Ecumenical worship at First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive.6 p.m. Dec. 18: Ecumenical worship at…

Utah banning ‘conversion therapy’ with Mormon church backing

The angel Moroni statue, silhouetted against the sky, sits atop the Salt Lake Temple at Temple Square in Salt Lake…

Rabbi touts giving as way to counteract religious hatred

The religious leaders praised a pilot project in El Paso, Texas, that requires students to pause each day to consider…

Pope visits Jesuit Japan community that could have been his

Pope Francis gives a speech at Sophia University in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019.Kim Hong-ji/Pool Photo via AP Francis celebrated…

Mister Rogers’ faith shaped his idea of children’s television

Fred Rogers tapes a segment of his television program, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” on June 28, 1989, in Pittsburgh.Associated Press file…

Lawsuit: Church pressured victims into unfair settlements

Joshua K. Love sits for a portrait in the living room of his home in Greenwood, Miss. Love and his…

AP: Catholic boards hailed as fix for sex abuse often fail

These independent panels with lay people in each diocese would review allegations fairly and kindly. And they would help bishops…

First Church of Christ, Scientist to host Thanksgiving service

The president’s Thanksgiving proclamation will be read, and there will be short readings from the Bible and the Christian Science…

Pope arrives in Thailand to encourage Catholic minority

Pope Francis talks to his cousin Ana Rosa Sivori as he arrives at Military Air Terminal of Don Muang Airport,…

Mormon leader: We didn’t leave Boy Scouts, they left us

M. Russell Ballard, a senior leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and acting president of the…

Catholic bishops’ new anti-abuse hotline to be ready soon

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, of Los Angeles, speaks during a news conference after being elected as president of the United…

Archbishop of Los Angeles elected 1st Hispanic to lead U.S. Catholic bishops

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, of Los Angeles, smiles during a news conference after being elected president of the United States…

Bayfield church to kick off Operation Christmas Child

Operation Christmas Child is a global project that shares the true meaning of Christmas with children around the world. These…

Global debate gets underway over married Catholic priests

Pope Francis leaves after a Mass for the closing of Amazon Synod in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Germany’s…

Tragedies deepen Jewish-Muslim bond to fight hate crimes

Heba Macksoud, left, of Princeton, N.J., and Sheryl Olitzky, members of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, stand near a Peace…

Christ the King Lutheran Church to host semi-annual meeting Sunday

Members will vote on the proposed budget for 2020. A potluck will follow in the Community Hall.

Fundamentalism turns 100, a landmark for the Christian Right

A historic marker outside the Dayton, Tenn., courthouse where the 1925 Scopes Trial was held.Associated Press file But the original…

Pope declares Vatican’s Secret Archive not so secret anymore

Pope Francis waves to faithful from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, during the weekly Angelus prayer at the…

After bishops call for married priests, pope urges new ways

An Amazon indigenous girl gives Pope Francis a plant during the offertory of a Mass for the closing of Amazon…

Buddhist teacher shares practical tools that relieved his self-hatred, worry

Oh first new member on Dharma Center council in eight years

Share of Americans with no religious affiliation growing

The Pew Research Center says 65% of American adults now describe themselves as Christian, down from 77% in 2009.Associated Press…

Report details 70 years of sexual abuse by Colorado clergy

The findings of the independent investigation show the state’s three Catholic dioceses spent decades attempting to cover up the abuse,…

Mormon church opposes Utah LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’ ban

The Salt Lake Temple at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. The Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints…