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2023’s Christmas Mass Conundrum: When is it officially Christmas Mass?
This year, the Fourth Sunday of Advent happens to fall on the same day as Christmas Eve, which makes Mass obligations a bit confusing....

Denver Catholic Staff
Dec 20, 20231 min read


WATCH | Latin Patriarchate CEO offers ‘desperate’ update on Holy Land situation
Recently, Sami El-Yousef, the CEO of the Latin Patriarchate, got on a Zoom call to discuss the latest on the ground in the Holy Land,...

Denver Catholic Staff
Dec 20, 20231 min read


Word Made Flesh: Reliving the birth of the messiah — and why it matters today
The Nativity, Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni), ca. 1406–10. http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459007 The Nativity scene...

Vladimir Mauricio-Perez
Dec 20, 20236 min read


LISTEN LIVE | Deacon Ernie Martinez to appear on Dan Caplis Show Dec. 20
(Photos provided) Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila addressed many questions surrounding the morality of drug use, and marijuana in particular,...

Denver Catholic Staff
Dec 19, 20231 min read


‘Everyday Disciples’ Inspire Year of Giving
(Photos provided / Amy Bryer Brumley) The 2023 Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal wraps up at the end of the year and has been marked with...

Amy Bryer Brumley
Dec 19, 20232 min read


U.S. bishops: Vatican declaration does not change Church teaching on marriage
(Photo by David Iliff / License: CC-BY-SA 3.0 / via Wikipedia) By Tyler Arnold/Catholic News Agency A Vatican-issued declaration on...

Catholic News Agency
Dec 19, 20233 min read


The ‘Branch’ of Christmas Day
When people ask about the importance of the Old Testament prophets for today, it’s easy to note how the content of their preaching...

Daniel Campbell
Dec 19, 20234 min read


UPDATE: 15 more spots available! Join Archbishop Aquila on pilgrimage to shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
This January, join Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the world’s most celebrated Marian...

Denver Catholic Staff
Dec 19, 20231 min read


Young and Old Gather at Cathedral Basilica for Annual Advent Lessons and Carols
Choral voices filled the gothic church while the evening sun struck light through stained glass windows. Within the walls of the...

Kate Quiñones
Dec 18, 20233 min read


Little holy hearts, giant love for the Eucharist
(Photos: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain, Adobe Stock, Lightstock, Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0, Lightstock) It seems that even the...

Makena Cervantes
Dec 18, 20235 min read


Be bold: Share your faith at holiday gatherings with these Christmas facts
Ah, Christmastime. The perfect occasion to come together with family and celebrate the birth of our savior with lots of prayer,...

Denver Catholic Staff
Dec 18, 20236 min read


The Workplace as a School of Virtuous Leadership
(Photo: Adobe Stock) We are living in an apostolic age where increasingly more people are rejecting the tenets of Catholicism and the...

Paul Winkler
Dec 15, 20234 min read
WATCH: Welcome Home! Father CJ Mast dispels common fears about confession
Father CJ Mast is the Chaplain at Bishop Machebeuf High School in Denver. This is his first year as Chaplain there, and he absolutely...

Denver Catholic Staff
Dec 15, 20231 min read


‘It Is Truly a Tough Time’: Holy Land Christians Endure Hardships This Christmas
Mass in St. Catherine's Latin Church, next to the Basilica of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (photo: Marinella...

National Catholic Register
Dec 14, 20234 min read


‘Your confessional is ready’: Buzzing into confession at Bishop Machebeuf High School
By Kelly Clark & Neil McDonough As you walk the halls of Bishop Machebeuf High School in Denver, you won’t find any lines for...

Kelly Clark
Dec 14, 20233 min read


The Eucharistic Gift of Christmas
(Photo: Adobe Stock, edited) Human beings get hungry. It’s part of our biological nature. But, as spiritual beings, we also feel a higher...

Jared Staudt
Dec 14, 20234 min read


German Catholicism: On the brink or at the cutting edge?
On November 10, a “Synodal Committee” created by the recently completed German “Synodal Way” met for the first time. The committee’s...

George Weigel
Dec 13, 20233 min read


Synod on Synodality next steps: Pope to choose ‘big questions’ for further study
Bishops process into St. Peter's Basilica for the closing Mass of the first assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 29, 2023. |...

Catholic News Agency
Dec 12, 20232 min read


Why is Our Lady of Guadalupe patroness of the unborn?
Photo by Robert Castillo Martinez via Cathopic By Katie Yoder/Catholic News Agency On Dec. 12 we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of...

Catholic News Agency
Dec 12, 20232 min read


Mary’s beauty and goodness lead us to the Truth
“I greatly desire that a church be built in my honor, in which I will show my love, compassion and protection. I am your mother, full of...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Dec 10, 20233 min read
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