(Photo provided) We sat down with Michele Buice, the new Director of Parish Finance for the Archdiocese of Denver, to talk about her...

Father Vincent Leo Smith, a beloved priest of 55 years for the Archdiocese of Denver, died May 23. He was 82 years old. Born to Francis...

happy child dreams of traveling and playing with an airplane pilot aviator in outdoor in the summer You don’t have to be a doom and gloomer to see that things are unravelling very quickly in our country. Two metrics are enough to prove the point: a drastic decline in the marriage and birth rates and the recent news that church-going Christians are now a minority within the U.S. Although William Butler Yeats wrote with the First World War and the 1918 flu pandemic in the backg

(Photo provided) Father Paul Wicker, who served as pastor of Holy Apostles Parish in Colorado Springs for more than 35 years, died May 31...

Catholic School Children, Photo by James Baca Any teacher will tell you that reading when young increases students’ academic success as...

WESTMINSTER, CO - OCTOBER 9: Students and teachers learn at Blessed Miguel Pro Academy on October 9, 2020, in Westminster, Colorado....

(Photo: Denver Catholic file photo) Father Dorino DeLazzer, a priest of over 60 years who served chiefly in the Archdiocese of Denver,...

The beautiful artwork that adorns the latest and the last two covers of the Denver Catholic tell a story; namely, your story. In the...

(Photo from CSU Students for Life Facebook page) Many pro-life pregnancy resource centers fight an uphill battle against the...

Featured photo by Daniel Petty Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver expounded on his recent open letter on the German bishops’ “Synodal Way,” in an interview with CNA Deutsch on Friday. The German bishops’ “Synodal Path” began in 2019 and is ongoing, expected to conclude in February 2022. It includes bishops and lay people, and is meant to address four major topics: how power is exercised in the Church; sexual morality; the priesthood; and the role of women. While the bishops i

March for Life in Denver, Jan. 17, 2015. (Photo by Jeffrey Bruno/CC BY 2.0) The striking thing about the story of salvation history, the...

(Photo: Denver Catholic file photo) Deacon Dusty Martin, 67 years old, passed away May 10, 2021 at his home after a 9-year battle with...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) On the morning of August 10, 1628, the Swedish warship Vasa set sail from its harbor in the port of Stockholm. Built...

(Photo provided) With a deep passion for science, a solid work ethic and a dream, Sacred Heart of Jesus eighth grader Chloe Sebek put...

(Photo: Denver Catholic File Photos) Earlier this week was National Brothers Day, a day meant to commemorate the brothers that we did not...

By Deacon Joe Donoh oe Director of Deacon Personnel for the Archdiocese of Denver The Archdiocese of Denver has just released a Deacon Resource Manual providing information on the different service ministries of permanent deacons. It is meant to help the Catholic lay faithful understand and engage in the many ministry opportunities available in Northern Colorado. This resource manual is not all inclusive of deacon responsibilities but provides many services that respond to t

Writing on the quincentennial of the Reformation and its parallels with emerging problems in the 21st-century German Church t hree years ago , Charles Chaput, then the archbishop of Philadelphia, noted that: “Being human, bishops often disagree. Internal differences are common in any episcopal conference, and they’re handled—no surprise—internally. But two things set the German situation apart: the global prominence of the [German intercommunion] controversy and the doctrina

With the latest edition of the Denver Catholic magazine , I am completing the telling of our story as children of God the Father. You...

The historical and contemporary witness of Native American Catholics are the subject of a Knights of Columbus-produced documentary set for broadcast in upcoming weeks. “It is impossible to fully understand what it means to be a Catholic in North America without a sincere appreciation for the Catholic tradition among so many native tribes,” the Knights of Columbus website said. “Few people realize that Indigenous communities throughout the continent were sincerely practicing t

The Church has had a rocky relationship with the modern world, to say the least. It’s all the more difficult that contemporary culture arose largely in opposition to the Christian culture of the Middle Ages, putting the Church on the defensive. The Second Vatican Council sought to reset these relations through greater openness and dialogue, although in the decades following the Council, a wave of confusion swept over the Church. The Church opened her windows, following the in