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(Photo: Denver Catholic design) Volunteering in the Pro-Life movement in the 1990s, I remember praying for the overturning of Roe v. Wade as if it would immediately end the abortion problem in the United States. As a high schooler, it seemed like a simple enough solution. Roe v. Wade caused the mess, so getting rid of it should take care of things. But now, after Dobbs v. Jackson, what has actually changed  in the last three and a half years?   Even though abortion is now res

What Catholics should know — and pray for — as lawmakers return to the Capitol (Photo: Unsplash) As the Colorado State Legislature opens its 2026 session, lawmakers return to the Capitol amid heightened political tension, fiscal uncertainty and a growing sense of division across the aisle. For Catholics, this moment invites both awareness and prayer, as decisions made in the coming months will shape policies that affect human life, families and communities throughout the stat

(Photo: Unsplash) What would the collapse of civilization look like? We might immediately think of cutoff utilities, disruptions in the supply chain, violence in the streets and the lack of functional government. While it’s true these might serve as external indicators of a functioning modern society, they do not constitute the essence of civilization. A civilized person doesn’t just live in the city (the civitas that gives civilization its name) but conforms to an ideal of c

Christ sent us to make disciples of all nations — including our own communities. Voting is one of the simplest ways to help the Gospel take root. (Photo: Lightstock) 5:43 p.m. Mr. Benedict (my dog) and I were in the middle of our evening walk when it hit me: it was election day. I had just over an hour to fill out my ballot and drop it off. 5:44 p.m. I kicked my pace up to a jog. Mr. Benny gnawed at the leash and growled the entire way home (he doesn’t like it when we run). 5

St. Michael's Square in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo: Unsplash) Prior to the “Revolution of Dignity” that began on the Maidan, Kyiv’s Independence Square, in late 2013 and eventually gave birth to the country that has amazed the world with its courage, resilience, and ingenuity since the Russian invasion of February 2022, ecumenical dialogue and interreligious cooperation were not prominent features of the Ukrainian cultural landscape. The Maidan experience changed all that. An ecum

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' in 2021. (Photo: Marcel Badykshin/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0) When Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’  was head of the Russian Orthodox Church’s external relations department, he would occasionally come to Washington, where the Librarian of Congress, James Billington, a distinguished historian of Russian culture, would host a small dinner for him. I was a guest on one such occasion, and the impression Kirill left that night rem

(Photo: Unsplash) The partisan division that runs deep in America has recently taken a violent turn. Political affiliations manifest...

(Photo: Lightstock) The permanent exhibit  in the rotunda of the National Archives in Washington, D.C. includes original copies of the...

(Photo: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia CC-BY 4.0) I have been stunned at how personal Charlie Kirk’s death feels for me. Literally, I have been...

More abortion funding, more taxes, more unsustainable living in Colorado. (Photo: Unsplash) On August 6, 2025, Governor Jared Polis...

(Photo: Denver Catholic file photo) The Colorado Catholic Conference announced the appointment of Nathan Fisher as its new associate...

(Photo: Focus on the Family/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0) By Amira Abuzeid/CNA James Dobson, the evangelical Christian psychologist,...

(Photo: Unsplash) CRACOW — Adam Michnik was one of the great wordsmiths of the revolution of conscience that began to form in mid-1970s...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan stands at the altar during Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on May 26, 2024. (Photo: Jeffrey...

(Photo: Unsplash) In 2005, I published a small book entitled The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God.   It...

(Photo: Unsplash) “Woke,” shorthand for what was once known as “political correctness,” helped fuel a grievance-based progressive...

(Photo by André Escaleira, Jr.) The hallowed halls of the Colorado State Capitol were filled last Thursday in celebration of one of our...

Concept of hand on my heart truth (Photo: Getty Images) A popular meme has a person exclaiming “Don’t confuse me with the facts – my mind...