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Unity in what?
Among the many urgent questions raised by the Synods on the Family in 2014 and 2015 and the current Synod on Synodality – questions that...

George Weigel
May 14, 20243 min read


“Dear mother, your motherhood can transform the world:” The mission of the Catholic mother
(Photo: Bethany Beck / Unsplash) By Sandra Morales, associate director of family ministries for the Archdiocese of Denver To write this...

Guest Contributor
May 11, 20245 min read


Playing the venereal game
A book subtitled The Venereal Game is not normally one to be recommended in a family newspaper. Bear with me, however. The book’s title,...

George Weigel
May 7, 20243 min read


Against cosmic melancholia
On September 5, 1977, “Voyager 1,” built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was launched from Cape Canaveral atop a Titan IIIE rocket....

George Weigel
Apr 30, 20243 min read


The Fullness of Life: Bishop Erik Varden’s Resurrection of Chastity
While Lent offers us a clear path of conversion, turning away from the world, Easter invites us into God’s own life. In Lent, we seek to...

Jared Staudt
Apr 25, 20244 min read


Thoughts on "Dignitas Infinita"
(Photo by David Iliff / License: CC-BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikipedia) When the always well-written and often wrongheaded New Yorker dislikes ...

George Weigel
Apr 23, 20243 min read


Making God a Partner in Your Business
(Photo: Adobe Stock) As a Catholic business leader, you have likely heard in every homily at every Mass you have attended that you should...

Paul Winkler
Apr 19, 20243 min read


Heaven Opened: The Holy Mass as a Gift of Grace
(Photo: Pexels) A few years ago, I brought a friend to Mass with me. She grew up with no religious faith, but had fond childhood memories...

Mary Beth Bonacci
Apr 18, 20245 min read


Radiant in the GULAG and elsewhere
In Jesus of Nazareth – Holy Week , Pope Benedict XVI remarked on the striking parallel between the presence of the holy women at the...

George Weigel
Apr 17, 20243 min read


The New Temple: How Easter Changes Religion
“Destroy this temple, and I will rebuild it in three days.” This mysterious statement led, in part at least, to Christ’s death, brought...

Jared Staudt
Apr 11, 20244 min read


When ideology and blasphemy meet
In May 1993, the “World Russian People’s Council,” a “meeting place” for those “concerned about the present and future of Russia,” was...

George Weigel
Apr 9, 20243 min read


Baseball and rumors of angels
One of my life’s great blessings has been to have known and worked with men and women whose books I first studied in college and graduate...

George Weigel
Apr 2, 20243 min read


Be an (April) fool for Christ
The Denver Catholic would like to announce it will not be partaking in April Fool’s Day. In other news, the Pope has decreed Denver...

Aaron Lambert
Apr 1, 20242 min read


See and Believe: The Shroud Bears Witness to the Lifting Up of Jesus
(Photo: Denver Catholic file photo, colorized) Jesus has been raised up, lifted up for all to see, so that in seeing, we may believe....

Jared Staudt
Mar 28, 20244 min read


Easter, Creation, and holiness
(Photo: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. DePasquale (STScI), A. Pagan (STScI)) What came first: Creation, or God’s covenants with the People of...

George Weigel
Mar 26, 20244 min read


Finding Peace in Surrender: Perspectives on Anxiety and Control
(Photo: Aleksandr Ledogorov / Unsplash) By Lisa Smith St. Raphael Counseling In today’s fast-paced world, anxiety has become a prevalent...

Guest Contributor
Mar 26, 20243 min read


Why company culture eats strategic plans for breakfast
(Photo: Adobe Stock) Many a strategic plan ends up gathering dust on shelves or on the corner of a desk rather than being effectively...

Paul Winkler
Mar 22, 20244 min read


Following the Jewish Jesus
Twenty-four years ago this week, I was in Jerusalem to cover Pope John Paul II’s epic pilgrimage to the Holy Land for NBC. After going to...

George Weigel
Mar 20, 20243 min read


A Biblical Path for Lent: Brant Pitre’s Introduction to the Spiritual Life
During Lent, we focus on prayer, fasting and almsgiving in order to repent and turn our lives back to God. The 40 days of this holy...

Jared Staudt
Mar 14, 20243 min read


The good news is that the bad news isn’t all the news there is
In the course of an insightful essay on Vladimir Putin’s challenge to civilization, Italian historian Roberto de Mattei, observed that,...

George Weigel
Mar 13, 20243 min read
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