By Father Israel Perez-Lopez Parochial Vicar at St. Cajetan Parish in Denver The words and actions of a man in the last conscious moments...

“Trick or treat!” For Americans and many others around the world, these three words have become synonymous with the celebration of...

No matter which way you cut it, healing is at the center of the Gospel. In the same way as Jesus came “not to be served, but to serve”...

Denver was blessed in 1993 by the visit of St. John Paul II for World Youth Day. Countless individuals were inspired in their faith by...

As Catholics, we love our Momma Mary. She’s the Mother of God, the Help of Christians, the Queen of Heaven… the list goes on, but the...

When we think of some of the biggest saints from the last century, Padre Pio looms large for many. His “spiritual children” are...

As we celebrate the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, we’re reminded of the centuries of Christians who have picked up their own...

Photo by Gerd Eichmann via Wikicommons CC BY-SA 4.0 By Lorraine V. Murray/National Catholic Register Edith Stein was definitely a woman...

Denver’s very own Cardinal Stafford sat down with The Pillar to reflect on the Liturgy of the Hours, prayer, the Church, his own...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) This Friday, June 24, on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the universal Church is invited to partake in...

In many ways, the Catholic Church is at an inflection point in America. Amid the shifting bedrock that is American society, the Church is...

By Jonah McKeown/CNA Father Doug Grandon is a Catholic priest today, but spent the first half of his life as a Protestant. As an Anglican...

June 6, 2022 Open Letter to Catholic Politicians and the Faithful on Worthily Receiving Communion Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,...

(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...

By Deacon Derrick Johnson Permanent Deacon at Assumption Catholic Parish As the Year of St. Joseph came to an end, I found myself...

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My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, As we approach the great feast of Pentecost, I feel called in my prayer to write to you about the...

To make our hearts a fruitful soil for the Holy Spirit this Pentecost, and to coincide with his Pentecost pastoral note , Archbishop...

Photo by Daniel Petty/Denver Catholic Today, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of the Archdiocese of San Francisco announced to his...

Pope Francis will preside over the first canonizations in more than two years this weekend. Ten people will be officially recognized as saints by the Catholic Church on May 15. Among them are some relatively well-known figures, like  Charles de Foucauld ,  Titus Brandsma , and  Devasahayam Pillai . Less well known are the four Catholic female leaders who will be canonized alongside them. Each of the women founded religious orders which have grown worldwide and made a lasting