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How Catholic feasts are different
The Church has just celebrated the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Guadalupe’s feast day is on Dec. 12, and we are...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Dec 8, 20143 min read
Consecrated religious should ‘wake up the world!’
When most of us think of starting a new year, we think of Jan. 1st. In the life of the Church, we begin a new year with Advent, which...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Dec 1, 20144 min read
Be countercultural and thank God
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his mercy endures forever,” sings the Psalmist as he praises God for keeping him safe in spite...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Nov 25, 20143 min read
Searching for meaning–the call to be holy
Our young people need to hear about “the greatness, uniqueness and courage of the first evangelizers of this country, those who were the...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Nov 17, 20144 min read
When our idea of ‘getting ahead’ changed
During the first five years of our marriage, our relationship could be described as utilitarian; what’s in it for me? And that is the...

Matt and Mindy Dalton
Nov 11, 20143 min read
If you listen, God is calling
This past week, as the Church in the United States observed National Vocations Awareness Week, I was reminded that everyone has a...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Nov 10, 20143 min read
Give Jesus something beautiful
“Do something beautiful for God.” This saying was at the heart of Blessed Mother Teresa’s spirituality and mission. The simple phrase is...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Nov 3, 20143 min read
Media missed synod’s testimonies of joy
In the days since the Synod on the Family ended, I have had some people tell me they are confused or worried about the results of the...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Oct 27, 20144 min read
An extraordinary Synod, indeed
According to Vatican-speak, a specially scheduled session of the Synod of Bishops is an “Extraordinary Synod,” meaning Not-an-Ordinary...

George Weigel
Oct 21, 20143 min read
Elections and calling evil good
As I listen to the political discussion leading up to the Nov. 4 election, a warning from the prophet Isaiah comes to mind: “Woe to those...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Oct 21, 20143 min read
Misplaced compassion and flawed choices
Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old married woman with terminal brain cancer, plans to kill herself on Nov. 1, after her husband’s birthday....

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Oct 13, 20143 min read
The Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life
We entered marriage in 1991 with our own ideas dominating our thoughts and actions of what marriage was all about, specifically the...

Matt and Mindy Dalton
Oct 10, 20143 min read
Politics and Catholic meddling
“A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern,” Pope Francis told governors...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Oct 6, 20143 min read
Catholics must be leaven in the world
A few months ago I spoke with some Catholics who told me that they had not voted in the last three elections because they had given up...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Sep 29, 20144 min read
Explosive business in North Dakota
The “Official Portal for the North Dakota State Government” lists that commonwealth’s nicknames as the Peace Garden State, the...

Denver Catholic Staff
Sep 22, 20143 min read
Jesus, teach us to imitate your mercy
Last week I met two amazing women dedicated to healing the broken. They were from Rachel’s Vineyard, an apostolate that holds retreats...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Sep 22, 20143 min read
Of proxies and POLSTs: The good and the bad in end-of-life planning
Planning for end-of-life situations is important. We should put in place an advance directive before our health takes a serious turn for...
Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk
Sep 16, 20143 min read
Regensburg vindicated
On the evening of Sept. 12, 2006, my wife and I were dining in Cracow with Polish friends when an agitated Italian Vaticanista (pardon...

Denver Catholic Staff
Sep 16, 20143 min read
Our Lady, undoer of our abortion knot
Many of you would be shocked to learn that Colorado is one of only four states without health code standards for abortion clinics, or any...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Sep 16, 20144 min read
Sept. 11 and the battle for hearts
“You will know them by their fruits,” Jesus told the crowd listening to him on the mountain top. This week, as we remember those who died...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Sep 9, 20143 min read
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