Tag: Religion
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Federal judge sides with Douglas County School District in ex-admin’s discrimination lawsuit
A federal judge concluded last week that a former high school administrator had not proven his claims of religious discrimination against the Douglas County School District. Corey McNellis had worked at Ponderosa High School since 2002 and served as the athletic director and assistant principal at the time of his termination in October 2020. According to…
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12 more people added as defendants in Denver church cryptocurrency scam
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The web spun by a Denver pastor and his wife who allegedly conned followers out of millions of dollars in a crypto-currency scheme has widened. Colorado Securities Commissioner Tung Chan expanded her complaint against Eligio “Eli” and Kaitlyn Regalado to include a dozen more defendants including Regalado’s father, and a brother-in-law. The Regalados were the…
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Lillies of the Colorado field: The curious life of Colorado’s cloistered nuns
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sister Assunta rejoiced over the anomaly of a single egg laid in the heat of the afternoon. “Look! It’s a miracle! One straggler just for you!” The 33-year-old North Face cap and rubber-boot wearing Benedictine nun was a “success” story in another life. The Baylor…
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Resurgence of ancient religious custom of holy Easter baskets nudges secular bunny aside
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Easter bunny still deposits fleeting gifts of chocolate eggs and marshmallow Peeps at 5-year-old Noah Garced’s house, but his mother is working to make sure an ancient custom of spiritual-themed Easter baskets remains important throughout her son’s life. “This is my tradition, something I’m…
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Departed Sisters of Loretto find new resting place with community’s help
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For the decades of literally selfless service 62 Sisters of Loretto nuns gave to countless Denver school children and young adults, the Catholic Church community and so many others wanted to make sure they truly rest in peace. They were originally interred through the decades…
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Colorado appeals to history, tradition in defending anti-discrimination law to SCOTUS
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Colorado is set to defend its anti-discrimination law before the nation’s highest court, filing a brief on Friday that pushes back against a Christian website designer’s refusal to provide her services for same-sex weddings. The U.S. Supreme Court in its upcoming term will hear the case of 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, which asks whether Colorado…
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‘Roving Rabbis’ catch up with southern Colorado Jews to reconnect, reaffirm faith, stand proud against adversity
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When violence between Israel and Palestinian militants intensifies — as happened in Gaza last week — American Jews thousands of miles away feel the pain and go on alert for possible repercussions. “We’ve definitely heard concerns of antisemitism, especially as things escalate in the Middle East…
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Appeals court upholds convictions for religious group’s killing of 2 girls
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Ashford Nathaniel Archer argued to the state’s second-highest court that there was insufficient evidence he committed child abuse resulting in death, stemming from his religious group’s 2017 killing of two girls in San Miguel County. The Court of Appeals disagreed last week, finding Archer was aware of the group’s overall decisions that led up to…
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Bishops to Catholic legislators who voted for abortion bill: Don’t take communion
Catholic legislators who voted for legislation to enshrine abortion rights and defy Catholic leaders’ request to not partake of the Eucharist commit a sacrilege and live in contradiction, behavior that, under church teachings, can only be remedied by repentance and absolution. But the Catholic leaders said the church won’t monitor whether the 10 Catholic members of…
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Denver police investigating Basilica tagging as hate crime
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A graffiti-spree at one of Denver’s most iconic buildings is being investigated by Denver police as a hate crime. Spokesperson Nate Magee confirmed that their bias-motivated crime unit is looking into the incident, which happened between 7:45 and 8 Sunday morning. Father Samuel Morehead of…