Religion https://tj.durangoherald.com/section/religion/feed/ Latest local news from The Durango Herald. Fri, 14 Aug 2026 23:15:58 -0600 en-us 30 https://tj.durangoherald.com/what-to-know-about-the-breakaway-traditionalist-catholics-defying-pope-leo-xiv/ Father Marc Hanappier, center, attends his consecration ceremony as bishop in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary, in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (Baz Ratner/Associated Press) VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has gone... Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:52:57 -0600 AC3CACED-9595-4066-8617-6FFA2A3B3CEB https://tj.durangoherald.com/deniz-undavs-world-cup-success-for-germany-lifts-yazidi-and-kurdish-pride/ Germany’s Deniz Undav, left, and Antonio Ruediger reacts after scoring the sixth goal during the World Cup Group E soccer match between Germany and Curacao in Houston, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (Eric Gay/Associated Press) KHIRBET AL-GHAZAL, Syria – Deniz Undav,... Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:11:27 -0600 86860E6A-65FB-4589-A04A-6DFA570D3DE2 https://tj.durangoherald.com/pope-leo-xiv-exalts-first-american-saint-cabrini-as-a-model-for-christians-for-her-care-of-migran/ Pope Leo XIV is greeted as he arrives at Pavia, northern Italy, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (Luca Bruno/Associated Press) SANT’ANGELO LODIGIANO, Italy – Pope Leo XIV on June 20 exalted the first American saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, as a model... Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:24:05 -0600 3C3691DC-0149-4CB1-A084-13AED0A39389 https://tj.durangoherald.com/pope-leo-xiv-warns-wars-are-fed-faster-than-people-as-aid-money-dries-up/ Pope Leo XIV speaks during a meeting with the employees of the United Nations World Food Programme in Rome on Mondday, June 22, 2026. (Alessandra Taratino/Associate Press) ROME – Pope Leo XIV said June 22 that wars are being sustained... Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:23:32 -0600 C5CC9A75-C300-4A52-9891-0EF3398C17A4 https://tj.durangoherald.com/how-voodoo-overcame-suppression-and-became-a-democratic-force-in-the-west-african-nation-of-benin/ Daagbo Hounon Houna II, the Supreme Spiritual Voodoo Chief, left, is greeted by priestesses before an interview with The Associated Press In Ouidah, Benin, May 14, 2026. (Sunday Alamba/Associated Press) OUIDAH, Benin – Democracy came to the cradle of Voodoo... Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:57:43 -0600 39C3BD27-540A-4898-B5A6-DFB00D40E6D2 https://tj.durangoherald.com/holy-deception-romes-sexy-priest-calendar-star-never-set-foot-in-a-seminary-2/ Giovanni Galizia holds the Calendario Romano, a calender that has for two decades been a bestseller in Rome's souvenier shop, as his home in Verona, Italy, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (Luca Bruno/Associated Press) ROME – A calendar featuring close-ups... Thu, 28 May 2026 17:48:07 -0600 48C525E7-2D49-4F15-99EC-24B6A01D21F0 https://tj.durangoherald.com/pope-calls-for-robust-regulation-of-ai-in-manifesto-that-ponders-the-future-of-humanity-2/ Pope Leo XIV attends the presentation of his first encyclical, “Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” at the Vatican on Monday, May 25, 2026. (Alessandra Tarantino/Associated Press) VATICAN CITY – Pope Leo XIV... Thu, 28 May 2026 17:47:40 -0600 90E7122F-204D-41A9-BC5F-2F8E2E0F91D4 https://tj.durangoherald.com/a-year-in-whats-on-pope-leo-xivs-to-do-list-and-what-has-he-done-so-far/ Pope Leo XIV arrives at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo south of Rome for a six-week vacation, July 6, 2025. (Andrew Medichini/Associated Press) VATICAN CITY – Unlike Pope Francis, who shook things up early on with a flurry... Tue, 12 May 2026 16:50:32 -0600 8F0BBDAE-903B-4185-A9D3-9C5F2B46653D