By Kateri Williams Most Catholics are familiar with the Marian apparition sites in France, Portugal and Mexico.  Yet, many are unaware of the Marian apparitions that took place in Kibeho, Rwanda between 1981 and 1989 to three children.  Recognized by the Vatican in 2001, Our Lady of Kibeho is the only Marian apparition site approved by the Catholic Church on the Africa continent.    November 28 is the feast day of Our Lady of Kibeho, and as we commemorate the 30th anniversar

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 have with them if stranded on a desert isle. One writer said without hesitation: “The complete works of Shakespeare.” Another said, “I’d choose the Bible.” They turned to Chesterton. “How about you?” And Chesterton replied, “I would choose Thomas’s Guide to Practical Ship Building .”  Like Chesterton, we might be looking to escape our conf

By Anthony St. Louis-Sanchez During this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Christian faithful of the Archdiocese of Denver have received a dispensation from their Sunday obligation of participating in Mass. This dispensation was given in a decree of the Archbishop of Denver. One might wonder whether the Archbishop of Denver has the authority to issue such a dispensation. Let’s consider closely what a dispensation is and is not. A dispensation is a relaxation of an ecclesia

(Courtesy photos, Wikimedia Commons) All Saints’ Day marks the perfect occasion to remember all of those in heaven who intercede for us...

In the late 1800s, it became common for many Catholic working men of different ages to dust off their dirty clothes after a hard...

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 on Sept. 3, Robert Cardinal Sarah, who is the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in the Vatican, invited the Catholic world to return to Mass. The sentence you have just read would have seemed ridiculous just nine months ago. The Sunday Mass “obligation” is a unique facet of Catholic culture

DENVER, CO - FEBRUARY 22: Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila gives the final blessing during a transitional deacon ordination for the...

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...

In his new Encyclical, Pope Francis invites us to reflect on our universal fraternity. Its title – Fratelli Tutti – comes from an advice of St. Francis of Assisi: “Let us all, brothers ( Fratelli Tutti ), consider the Good Shepherd who to save His sheep bore the suffering of the Cross” ( Admonitions , 6.1). Transformed by Christ, St. Francis was filled with a love that “transcends the barriers of geography and distance” (n. 1). He felt himself a brother to the sun, the sea a

The Immaculate Conception by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1675. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) This question may seem...

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 23: Mother Loraine Marie Maguire, of the Little Sisters of the Poor, speaks to the media after aruments at the US...

In 1917, near the end of World War I and just before the Spanish Influenza pandemic, something miraculous happened in the quaint little...

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...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church and Bible are primary resources for growing in the faith and sharing it with others. (Photo by...

This article is the third in a series the Denver Catholic staff created to help the faithful return to Mass in a deeper way than ever...

DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 18: 50th anniversary Mass celebrating the dedication of All Saints Catholic Church at All Saints Catholic Church on...

When a person is received into the Catholic Church, it conjures images of the prodigal son running to his father’s arms after being away...

Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ is the director of the Vatican Observatory, Specola Vaticana. His book, Would you Baptize an...

This article is the first in a series the Denver Catholic staff created to help the faithful return to Mass in a deeper way than ever...

It is a time of hope and gratitude – that’s how God may be calling us to live this Lenten season in which all of us have given up more...