Photo by Josh Applegate When a woman who is unexpectedly pregnant knocks at the door of the Sisters of Life, they’re aren’t shunned or...

(Photo: Josh Applegate / Unsplash) “What do you want to be when you grow-up?” This is one of the all-time most popular questions for...

(Photo: Josh Applegate / Unsplash) The time had come. By 1863, the city of London had grown to such density that it demanded a new form...

Over the past several months, the Archdiocese of Denver has been engaged in a discernment process as part of the Synod on Synodality that...

In the next month the Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson , an abortion case out of Mississippi.  While...

‘Angel of Charity’ brought Sacred Heart badges and prayer leaflets to each firehouse in Denver. (Photo: Courtesy photos / Autumn Jones)...

(Photo provided) For the past several months, Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila has encouraged the faithful in Colorado to adopt an apostolic...

Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures The film industry is not kind to Catholic priests. Generally speaking, priests as depicted on film fall...

Photo: Open Media Ltd. The pro-life movement is rife with stories of former pro-abortion advocates who had a change of heart and became...

(Photo: Jacqueline Munguía on Unsplash) One spring break in college, my girlfriends and I decided to go backpacking in the Ozarks of...

Are you convicted of the primacy of the power of the gospel? By Mallory Smyth Catholic Speaker and Writer Start with the Why Why do some organizations inspire great and lasting change worldwide and others don’t? This is the question that Simon Sinek, a well-known business thought leader, posed at the beginning of his world-famous Ted Talk, “Start with the Why.” Why is it that a computer company like Apple can crush competition year after year and innovate at record-shattering

By Edward Sri Senior Vice President for Apostolic Outreach at FOCUS When Jesus cast the vision for what it means to be a disciple, he used the most startling image: “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me” (Mt 16:24). That’s crazy! Of all the symbols for discipleship Jesus could have used, why the Cross? The image would have been utterly abhorrent to his original listeners. Though we today might be accustomed to seeing crosses

(Photo by James Baca) By Deacon Derrick Johnson Permanent Deacon at Assumption Parish in Welby For many years in my life, I believed that happiness was easily figured out. Growing up in poorer parts of Denver, happiness was defined by a nice house, an abundance of material goods and money, physical security and safety. Society has a way of exponentializing these tendencies, inclinations and desires. I dreamt of a day when I could define and achieve happiness on my own terms.

What gave the early Christians the desire to leave behind their professions, travel to foreign lands and, in most cases, give their...

The following is a full transcript of an address given by Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila during the 2021 Msgr. Herron Dinner hosted by the...

Ordination, Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1636-1640. Beginning on the Feast of Christ the King and going through the season of Advent, the parishes of the archdiocese will be re-proclaiming the kerygma — the Good News of the Gospel — in what is intended to be an archdiocesan-wide retreat. Over the next four weeks, the Denver Catholic will publish guest reflections penned by priests of the archdiocese on the four main parts of the kerygma:  Created (read  here ), Captured (read  here )

Andrew Mantegna, La Résurrection, 1457-59. Beginning on the Feast of Christ the King and going through the season of Advent, the parishes of the archdiocese will be re-proclaiming the kerygma — the Good News of the Gospel — in what is intended to be an archdiocesan-wide retreat. Over the next four weeks, the Denver Catholic will publish guest reflections penned by priests of the archdiocese on the four main parts of the kerygma:  Created (read  here ), Captured (read here ),

As this calendar year draws to a close, Catholics should also take stock in the close of the “Year of St. Joseph.” This special year,...

For the third week of the Archdiocesan-Wide Retreat, watch Father Daniel Cardo’s homily from the Second Sunday of Advent given at Holy...

Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Peter Paul Rubens, 1620 Beginning on the Feast of Christ the King and going through the season of Advent, the parishes of the archdiocese will be re-proclaiming the kerygma — the Good News of the Gospel — in what is intended to be an archdiocesan-wide retreat. Over the next four weeks, the Denver Catholic will publish guest reflections penned by priests of the archdiocese on the four main parts of the kerygma: Created (read here ), Captured,