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Living into eternity: Deacon-Doctor Alan Rastrelli’s dual calling to heal bodies and souls
2024 marks the 50th Jubilee of the Permanent Diaconate here in the Archdiocese of Denver. Through preaching, service, worship and...

André Escaleira, Jr.
Oct 25, 20245 min read


Your life in God’s hands
(Photo: Pixabay) Recently, Pope Francis met with a contingent of people who suffer from Huntington’s Disease, a rare genetic illness that...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
May 24, 20174 min read


FAQs on Assisted Suicide and the Sacraments
Beginning in 2017, it is legal for Colorado doctors to write a suicide prescription for a consenting person who has been diagnosed with a...

Denver Catholic Staff
May 24, 20173 min read


Catholic health networks opt-out of physician-assisted suicide law
DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 3: An exterior view if the new Saint Joseph Hospital from the front on December 3, 2014, in Denver, Colorado....

Aaron Lambert
Jan 31, 20172 min read
A “merciless assault on human dignity”
The archbishop of Toronto is given to deprecating himself as “just a simple country cardinal.” In my experience, though, Cardinal Thomas...

George Weigel
Dec 28, 20163 min read
Amidst passage of physician-assisted suicide law, hope remains
After a long and hard fought battle on the part of the Colorado Catholic Conference and the No on Prop 106 campaign, Colorado voters...

Aaron Lambert
Nov 9, 20162 min read
Fast facts about Proposition 106: Physician-assisted suicide
Proposition 106 on the November ballot seeks to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Colorado. Here’s what you need to know about this...

Roxanne King
Oct 11, 20162 min read
Church leaders: Proposition 106 offers flawed logic, false compassion
Colorado’s bishops say Proposition 106 is simply “illogical.” The state’s suicide rate is the seventh highest in the nation, which led...

Roxanne King
Sep 14, 20164 min read
Colorado needs more compassionate care, not killing
In August 1997, I was in the oncologist office with my mother and her doctor. The doctor shared with us that my mother had cancer in her...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Aug 29, 20164 min read
Decline to Sign
Outside groups with big funding have picked Colorado as the next battleground for physician-assisted suicide. Coloradans’ testimonies...

Denver Catholic Staff
Jul 21, 20162 min read


Myth-busting facts on physician-assisted suicide in Colorado
Two identical bills that aim to make physician-assisted suicide legal in Colorado were introduced Jan. 13 in the State Senate and...

Denver Catholic Staff
Feb 1, 20163 min read
Expect the unexpected
By Jenny Kraska Expecting the unexpected is usually the best course of action to take when approaching a new legislative session. While...

Denver Catholic Staff
Jan 15, 20163 min read
Video: Family embraces true ‘death with dignity’ through palliative care
Jane Smith and Brittany Maynard were diagnosed with the same type of terminal brain cancer. Maynard chose to end her life by committing...

Denver Catholic Staff
Sep 25, 20153 min read
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