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Federal judge grants narrow injunction against Colorado pre-K program but rejects Catholic parishes’ LGBTQ challenge
A federal judge on Tuesday concluded Colorado’s universal pre-kindergarten program impermissibly infringes on the rights of two Catholic parishes with its treatment of students’ religious affiliation, while at the same time rejecting large swaths of their challenge to a related LGBTQ non-discrimination requirement. Two Catholic institutions, St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton and St. Bernadette Catholic…
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For more than 100 years, St. Mary’s Cathedral in downtown Colorado Springs has rung the same bells
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The bells at St. Mary’s Cathedral had been ringing for more than 100 years. But in 2008, after the cathedral in downtown Colorado Springs underwent major renovations several years earlier, the bells went quiet. So, church member and volunteer Jerry Schaefer investigated. Jerry Schaefer looks at the “Sanctia Maria,” one of two bells at the…
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Federal judge begins trial on Catholic schools’ claims against Colorado preschool program
A federal judge heard arguments and testimony beginning on Tuesday over whether Colorado’s new universal pre-kindergarten program unconstitutionally forces a pair of Catholic preschools to violate their religious beliefs about sexual orientation and gender identity in order to participate as providers. In August, the Archdiocese of Denver and other plaintiffs brought suit against the state,…
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Colorado Springs Catholic bishop urges restoration of faith, trust in wake of priest sex scandal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As Pope Francis met with leaders of the U.S. Catholic Church on Thursday to discuss the clergy sex-abuse scandal, Bishop Michael Sheridan, head of the Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs, fielded questions on the topic from the public, during his first interactive Facebook Live session.…