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George Weigel
Nov 2, 20213 min read
On John Paul II’s 75th anniversary
By any worldly measure, 1946 was an annus horribilis in Poland. With the exceptions of Cracow and Lodz, every Polish city lay in ruins....
Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 2, 20214 min read
Assumption Parish and School marks a century of faith and Catholic education
For the past 100 years, Assumption Catholic Parish and School has been a staple of the small yet faithful community in Welby. A humble...
Archdiocese of Denver
Nov 1, 20211 min read
OFFICIAL DECREE: Implementing "Traditionis Custodes" in the Archdiocese of Denver
Earlier this year, Pope Francis issued a motu proprio restricting Masses celebrated in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, more...
Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 29, 20211 min read
All Saints’ Day not a Holy Day of Obligation in 2021, but go to Mass anyways!
This year, the solemnity of All Saint’s on November 1 will not be a holy day of obligation. Faithful in the United States are not...
Jared Staudt
Oct 27, 20213 min read
<em>Ars Moriendi</em>: The art of dying
We are born to die. This inevitable fact could lead to fatalism, although, more often, we simply fall into denial. We avoid thinking...
George Weigel
Oct 27, 20213 min read
A Shanksville meditation
The most moving feature of the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, are the pictures of the 40 brave men and women...
Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 26, 20214 min read
Four reasons to believe in the Real Presence
“Wait, what?!” I exclaimed, interrupting my youth minister midsentence, “I don’t get it. Jesus is in there?” The poor girl merely...
Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 25, 20215 min read
FORMED Denver: A match made for Mission
By Susan W. Murray Special to the Denver Catholic In the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, 430 parishioners from St. Thomas More...
Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 22, 20215 min read
Jesus may not ‘need’ our adoration, but he asked for it
By Elizabeth Scalia Editor-at-Large for Word On Fire A recent conversation with a friend I know to be a faithful Catholic left me feeling...
Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Oct 21, 20214 min read
Honesty and closeness unlock the communion debate
Jesus was known for speaking directly and remaining close to sinners. He told the adulterous woman, “Go, and from now on do not sin...
Archdiocese of Denver
Oct 20, 20212 min read
Archbishop Aquila condemns anti-religious and hateful vandalism in northern Colorado; prays for healing and God’s love to be known
In the last two months, three Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Denver have been targeted with extensive vandalism and property...
George Weigel
Oct 19, 20213 min read
Pope Francis, ‘estranged’ Catholics, and holy communion
Certain Catholic media platforms that often function as de facto extensions of Jen Psaki’s White House Press Office have continually...
Archdiocese of Denver
Oct 18, 20218 min read
Archbishop Aquila celebrates opening liturgy of synod on synodality — read the full transcript of his homily
On Sunday, Oct. 17, Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila celebrated the opening liturgy for the diocesan phase of the Synod on Synodality at the...
Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 15, 20214 min read
FIRE Foundation empowers special needs inclusivity in Catholic schools
Catholic schools exist to assist parents in forming their children as disciples: young men and women who are growing in wisdom and...
Father John Nepil
Oct 15, 20213 min read
St. John Paul the Great: Introducing Denver’s newest Catholic classical high school; open house Oct. 30
A rendering of St. John Paul the Great High School, slated to open in the fall of 2022. Nearly 30 years have passed since Pope John Paul...
Jared Staudt
Oct 14, 20213 min read
Receiving the Eucharist worthily
In the Eucharist, we possess the greatest gift. Within it, Jesus gives us his entire self — body, blood, soul, and divinity — to be...
George Weigel
Oct 12, 20213 min read
On not buying into the mythology of ‘prestige’ universities
Some years ago, a Catholic prep school invited me to address its parents’ association on the future of Catholic education. After...
Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 12, 20216 min read
Capuchin Poor Clare Nuns celebrate beatification of their foundress
By Father Blaine Burkey, O.F.M.Cap. Archivist, St. Francis of Assisi Friary The Capuchin Poor Clare nuns of North Denver’s Our Lady of...
Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 11, 20213 min read
Denver’s Cathedral Basilica vandalized with anti-Catholic slogans
By Jonah McKeown The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Denver was spray-painted with anti-Catholic slogans on...
Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 7, 20212 min read
Denver pro-life Eucharistic procession circles state’s largest abortion clinic
By Alejandro Bermudez/Catholic News Agency Over 400 Catholics in Denver joined a pro-life Eucharistic procession around the state’s...
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