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In the second installment of our series on sacred and religious artists, the Denver couple reflects on vocation, marriage and creating beauty for God. Nicole and Mark Thomason, pictured here with their five sons at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, are local artists that blend faith and contemporary art. (Photo provided) As a graduate student in theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Mark Thomason bought himself some

Bishop Rodríguez pointed to Jesus, Mary and Joseph as the model for Christian life as he closed the Jubilee Year of Hope. (Photo by Grant Whitty/Denver Catholic) By Grant Whitty As the faithful settled into pews before Mass on the last Sunday of 2025, a seminarian stood waiting at the back of the Cathedral, under the red and yellow canopy of the Cathedral Basilica's umbrellino.  “I am sure you all know the symbolism behind the umbrellino  and bell [formally, the tintinnabulum

At a special Immaculate Conception Mass celebrated for migrants, the archbishop urged the faithful to reject political rhetoric and reclaim a biblical vision of human dignity. On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila called the Church to remember and honor the dignity of every human person, especially migrants. (Photo by Grant Whitty) By Grant Whitty Church bells tolled through the Capitol Hill neighborhood as religious, seminarians an

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila prays before those receiving sacraments during the Easter Vigil at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate...

Father Sam Morehead preaches during a special Mass for newly elected Pope Leo XIV. (Photo: Morgan Knobloch) Hours after the white smoke...

Sunday’s procession through downtown Denver was a powerful witness to the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. The Eucharistic...

By Kate Quiñones/CNA In the glaring hot sun, nearly 5,000 filled the streets of downtown Denver in a Eucharistic procession on Sunday,...

(Photo by Andy Sanchez) Downtown Denver ground to a halt Sunday morning, as nearly five thousand faithful descended upon the economic,...

DENVER, CO - MARCH 31: The Very Rev. Samuel Morehead delivers a homily during Easter Sunday Mass at Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate...

Father Doug Grandon holds the Blessed Sacrament during a Eucharistic Procession. (Photo by Grant Whitty on Unsplash) The parish year of...

Father Andreas Hoeck, Chair of sacred Scripture at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary and a confessor at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, shared five reasons with the Denver Catholic on why people who have been away from the sacrament of reconciliation for some time should return. 1. Peace and Joy: For those who have been away from confession for a long time, one would encourage them to go and experience again the inner peace and joy that come with the

September 28, 2017 Rev. Ron Cattany tours the repairs and refurbishment to the spires and facade of the Cathedral Basilica of the...

What stands at 210 feet, contains ornate stonework dating back to the early 1900s, and is covered in $985,000 worth of scaffolding in...

DENVER, CO, April 2, 2016 - Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila and Denver faithful gathered and the State Capitol for the monthly Prayer in the...

DENVER, CO, March 23, 2016 - Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila reverently blesses the holy oils with incense during the Chrism Mass. (Photo by...

DENVER, CO - FEBRUARY 6: Transitional Diaconate ordination at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on February 6, 2016, in...

Ron Cattany used to be a government employee, living on Capitol Hill since 1985 and spending his lunch breaks at the Cathedral...

(Photo by Denver Catholic Staff) Days before the feast of St. Gregory the Great, two bishops representing Eastern and Western...