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China deploys Confucius in bid to boost religion controls

BEIJING – China has begun five-day Confucian culture immersion courses for religious leaders in the sage’s hometown as part of a campaign to extend government control over faith communities ...

DATE: May 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

U.S. ambassador raises concerns during rare Tibet visit

BEIJING – The U.S. ambassador to China urged Beijing to engage in substantive dialogue with exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama during a visit to the Himalayan region over the past...

DATE: May 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

What drives the appeal of films about the life of Christ?

Church isn’t the only place people go to learn about Jesus. At the beginning of Lent, 15 years ago, devout evangelical Christians did not go to church to have ashes marked on thei...

DATE: May 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Durango Dharma Center offers introduction to mindfulness series

The Durango Dharma Center, 1800 East Third Ave., will offer an introduction to the basics of mindfulness meditation beginning June 18. The four-week class will meet from 6 to 7:30...

DATE: May 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Texas church opens new sanctuary 18 months after massacre

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas – A South Texas church began a fresh chapter of worship on Sunday as it unveiled a new sanctuary a year and a half after a gunman opened fire and killed more than t...

DATE: May 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Are yoga and mindfulness in schools religious?

The number of U.S. children ages 4 to 17 practicing yoga rose from 2.3% to 8.4% – or from 1.3 million to 4.9 million – between 2007 and 2017, federal data show. The number of children medita...

DATE: May 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Pope gives joyride to migrant kids newly arrived in Italy

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis gave a joyride in his popemobile Wednesday to eight migrant children who recently arrived in Italy from Libya, in his latest gesture to show solidarity with asylu...

DATE: May 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Catholic missionaries woo ‘nones’ on college campuses

Millennials evangelizing on college campuses

DATE: May 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Tara Mandala to hold open house May 11

Tara Mandala will host its first open house of the year from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the center, 4000 Forest Service Road 649, Pagosa Springs. The open house wil...

DATE: May 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Church membership in U.S. plummets over past 20 years

NEW YORK – The percentage of U.S. adults who belong to a church or other religious institution has plunged by 20 percentage points over the past two decades, hitting a low of 50% last year, ...

DATE: May 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

‘Everyone was her sister’: Woman killed at California synagogue honored

POWAY, Calif. – Lori Kaye is believed to have shielded her synagogue’s rabbi from a gunman’s bullets in a heroic move that epitomizes the life she led, her family and friends said Monday as ...

DATE: Apr 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

National Day of Prayer asks us to love our neighbors

The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to come together to pray for our nation. This year, the Durango...

DATE: Apr 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion