In March 2020, the Vatican announced that the next Synod of Bishops, scheduled for October 2023, would be a Synod on Synodality with a...

Does the impending cold have you feeling like you need a spiritual pick-me-up? Then look no further; the SJV Lay Division has you...

DENVER, CO - FEBRUARY 13: Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila celebrates the Liturgy of the Eucharist during an ordination for deacons at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on February 13, 2021, in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Daniel Petty/Denver Catholic) The archbishop of Denver criticized media coverage that frames the bishops’ discussion on the Eucharist as a debate over whether or not President Joe Biden can receive Holy Communion. The secular media, Archbish

This year marks the 75th anniversary of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini’s canonization. Mother Cabrini is a special saint in the state of...

Scanlon; Portrait Father Regis Paul Scanlon, O.F.M.Cap., 78, internationally-known defender of the Catholic faith and locally-loved...

Sister Maris Stella of the Denver Sisters of Life (Photo courtesy of Sisters of Life) Sister Maris Stella once served her country. Now, she’s dedicating her life to serving God. “I served in the Navy and I tasted many of the good things that this world had to offer,” Sister Maris Stella of the Sisters of Life told CNA . “But I knew my heart was made for something more.” Her military career began at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., which has an acceptance rate of just

By Father John Lager, O.F.M., Cap. Through the years, Mother Cabrini and the Mother Cabrini Shrine have been very significant in my life. She is someone I often pray to, and the Shrine is a place I go to for prayer, comfort, hope, and rest. And of course the wonderful, dedicated Missionary Sisters who have followed in Mother’s footsteps and oversee the Shrine bring joy to all. As we prepare to honor St. Frances Xavier Cabrini on November 13, her feast day, it reminds me of ho

A Mass for racial healing and reconciliation was celebrated at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on November 3, 2021,...

For 35 years, the Friends of St. Andrew soup kitchen has offered hot meals, food baskets, and other essential services to those in need...

The Archdiocese of Denver has 149 parishes, missions, and stations where the Mass is celebrated. These parishes are in full communion...

(Photo by Carol Nesbitt) For the past 100 years, Assumption Catholic Parish and School has been a staple of the small yet faithful...

Earlier this year, Pope Francis issued a motu proprio restricting Masses celebrated in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, more...

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 Church in Centennial joined either a virtual or an in-person “family bubble” group to participate in the Augustine Institute’s program The Search. Featuring well-known Catholic evangelist Chris Stefanick, The Search’s seven beautifully filmed episodes pose life’s critical questions: “What do you seek?” “Who are you?” “Why a God?” “What’s o

In the last two months, three Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Denver have been targeted with extensive vandalism and property...

Anna (right) and her best friend, Beth, are students at St. Mary's Catholic School in Littleton. (Photo provided) Catholic schools exist...

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...

An icon of Blessed Maria Lorenza Longo is unveiled during her beatification in the Naples cathedral on Oct. 9. 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 Light of Light Monastery and their benefactors and other friends are excited about the beatification of their 16th-century foundress, Mother Maria Lorenza Longo, in the Cathedral of Naples, Italy, on Oct. 9. Capuchin nuns and friars w

Vandalism on a door of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colo., Oct. 10, 2021. The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Denver was spray-painted with anti-Catholic slogans on Sunday, the latest in a series of vandalism incidents against Catholic buildings in Colorado. Photos shared by local news reporters show slogans such as “Satan Lives Here,” “White Supremacists,” and “Child Rapists, LOL” written in bright red spray paint

Over 400 Catholics in Denver joined a pro-life Eucharistic procession around the state’s largest abortion clinic on Saturday, Oct. 2. The event, put on by the Archdiocese of Denver, sought to highlight the 40 Days for Life movement and the efficacy of spiritual remedies for the wounds caused by abortion. “The testimony I picked up from Hispanic participants was how peaceful and loving is the strength that Jesus brings to us when we process in a place of death,” said Maria Eli

Our Lady of Guadalupe. (Photo: Public Domain) Tomorrow, Oct. 7, the Our Lady of Guadalupe Missionary Image will be at the Cathedral...