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Communion, Confession and Causing Scandal
By John Sehorn Assistant Professor of Theology at the Augustine Institute Catholics and non-Catholics alike are often confused or...

Guest Contributor
Feb 9, 20214 min read
Five tips for reading the Word of God
Sunday, Jan. 24 marks “The Sunday of the Word of God,” instituted by Pope Francis last year and to be held every year on the third Sunday...

Daniel Campbell
Jan 21, 20214 min read


Our Lady Of Guadalupe: The miracle that changed history
(Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) Before the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors to the American continent, the residents of...

Rocio Madera
Dec 11, 20206 min read


Pope Francis Proclaims Year of St. Joseph
Pope Francis announced a Year of St. Joseph Tuesday in honor of the 150th anniversary of the saint’s proclamation as patron of the...

Catholic News Agency
Dec 8, 20206 min read


To be a Christian is to be antiracist
Let’s talk about racism. A caveat to this article is that I am a white, straight, Christian male, and as such I have not had a lived...

Denver Catholic Staff
Dec 1, 20205 min read


“Samaritanus Bonus” and the hope of ‘remaining’
To those who care for the sick, the scene of the Cross provides a way of understanding that even when it seems that there is nothing more...

Aaron Lambert
Nov 24, 20206 min read


God’s Greatest Commandment
Carl Bloch, “The Sermon on the Mount,” 1877 (Photo: Public Domain) When pressed by the Pharisees and scholars of the law to clarify the...

Scott Elmer, D. Min.
Nov 23, 20203 min read


Our Lady of Kibeho’s message to the world
By Kateri Williams Most Catholics are familiar with the Marian apparition sites in France, Portugal and Mexico. Yet, many are unaware of...

Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 23, 20203 min read


From the desert, something new
By Father Greg Cleveland, O.M.V. G.K. Chesterton and several other literary figures were asked one evening what book they would prefer to...

Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 5, 20204 min read


Dispensations: An excuse to skip Mass?
By Anthony St. Louis-Sanchez During this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Christian faithful of the Archdiocese of Denver have received...

Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 3, 20203 min read


(Almost) Saints: Six faithful Catholics on their way to sainthood
(Courtesy photos, Wikimedia Commons) All Saints’ Day marks the perfect occasion to remember all of those in heaven who intercede for us...

Rocio Madera
Nov 1, 20209 min read


Blessed Michael McGivney: A light in the depth of the mines
In the late 1800s, it became common for many Catholic working men of different ages to dust off their dirty clothes after a hard...

Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 31, 20205 min read


We are a remnant people
In a letter to the world’s bishops dated August 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, and approved for publication by Pope Francis...

Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 30, 20205 min read


‘Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord’: The Concluding Rites
DENVER, CO - FEBRUARY 22: Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila gives the final blessing during a transitional deacon ordination for the...

Aaron Lambert
Oct 22, 20203 min read


Not simply ‘pro-birth’: How the Church cares for life at all stages
As Coloradoans prepare to vote to end late-term abortion in the state on Nov. 3, claims of the Catholic Church only being “pro-birth” and...

Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 19, 20208 min read


<em>Fratelli Tutti:<br></em>True fraternity is found in Christ
By Father Luis Granados In his new Encyclical, Pope Francis invites us to reflect on our universal fraternity. Its title – Fratelli Tutti...

Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 16, 20205 min read


Why is devotion to Mary important?
The Immaculate Conception by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1675. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) This question may seem...

Vladimir Mauricio-Perez
Oct 7, 20205 min read


Our first and most precious freedom
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 23: Mother Loraine Marie Maguire, of the Little Sisters of the Poor, speaks to the media after aruments at the US...
Eric Kniffin
Sep 30, 20205 min read


Movie review: Fatima a hopeful film for today’s world
In 1917, near the end of World War I and just before the Spanish Influenza pandemic, something miraculous happened in the quaint little...

Aaron Lambert
Aug 24, 20203 min read


‘Behold, the Lamb of God’: Liturgy of the Eucharist
This article is the fourth in a series the Denver Catholic staff created to help the faithful return to Mass in a deeper way than ever...

Denver Catholic Staff
Aug 21, 20205 min read
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