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Exploring the Heavens: Vatican Observatory Welcomes New Leadership

Father Richard Anthony D’Souza steps into a role this month that has been shaped by Jesuits who have bridged science and faith for...

Joseph Kneusel

Sep 224 min read

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Happy Birthday, Pope Leo, from Archbishop Aquila and Denver Catholics!

Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila met Pope Leo XIV on a recent trip to Rome and assured him of the Archdiocese of Denver's prayers....

André Escaleira, Jr.

Sep 141 min read

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Ukraine and a peace worthy of the name

(Photo: Pexels) Pope Leo XIV’s spiritual lodestar is St. Augustine. In his first months in office, the Holy Father summoned the Church to...

George Weigel

Aug 273 min read

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Pope Leo XIV invites Church to pray and fast for peace on Queenship of Mary feast day

Pope Leo XIV greets a young papal admirer in St. Peter’s Basilica during the general audience on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, at the...

Catholic News Agency

Aug 203 min read

Clergymen in white robes, heads bowed in prayer, stand in a church with intricate arches. A man wears a pink skullcap, setting is solemn.

5 Prayer Intentions for the Archbishop Transition in the Archdiocese of Denver

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila prays during the annual 2025 Chrism Mass, in which the holy oils used throughout the Church year are blessed....

Denver Catholic Staff

Jul 143 min read

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Pope Leo XIV invites seminarians to bear witness to ‘tenderness’ and ‘mercy’ of Christ

The pontiff warned of the risk of a superficial spiritual life “in an age of hyperconnectivity” in which it becomes increasingly...

Catholic News Agency

Jun 284 min read

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Solidarity: The Path Between Nationalism and Globalism

(Photo: Lightstock) We are one human family, yet we are born as members of a particular nation. Christians are reborn as members of...

Jared Staudt

Jun 264 min read

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Against the War of Words: An Open Letter to Catholic Leaders

(Photo: Unsplash) During my childhood, communism, which Pope Leo XIII had condemned in the previous century, loomed as a global threat...

Paul Winkler

Jun 204 min read

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Pope Leo XIV encourages young people to be ‘beacons of hope’ at Chicago event

The Archdiocese of Chicago hosted a celebration at Rate Field, the home of the Chicago White Sox, on June 14, 2025, to honor Pope Leo...

Catholic News Agency

Jun 164 min read

Bishop in red robes prays with eyes closed in a church, next to a statue of a saint. Warm light, reverent mood, stained glass visible.

4 Ways to Pray for the Archbishop Transition in the Archdiocese of Denver

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila prays during the annual graduation Mass for graduates of the Denver Catholic Biblical School at St. Thomas...

André Escaleira, Jr.

Jun 164 min read

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Pope Leo XIV: ‘The gravest form of poverty is not to know God’

Pope Leo XIV presides over the first ordinary public consistory of cardinals of his pontificate on June 13, 2025, at the Apostolic Palace...

Catholic News Agency

Jun 155 min read

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Archbishop Aquila Calls for Prayers for Peace Amid New Attacks in Iran and Israel

Following Israel’s strikes on Iran and Iran's promised retaliation, Archbishop Aquila asked priests and laity to pray for peace (Photo:...

Denver Catholic Staff

Jun 132 min read

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Carlo Acutis to be canonized Sept. 7 with Pier Giorgio Frassati

Blessed Carlo Acutis (left) and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. (Photo: Diocese of Assisi/Public domain via Wikimedia Commons) By Courtney...

Catholic News Agency

Jun 134 min read

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Why We Need the Eastern Churches, In Pope Leo XIV’s Own Words

Pope Leo XIV greets participants of the symposium “Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity” in...

Jared Staudt

Jun 124 min read

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Faith and Algorithms: A Catholic Software Engineer on Pope Leo’s Call for an Ethical Use of AI

Pope Leo XIV waves from the popemobile at the crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square for Mass on Pentecost Sunday on June 8, 2025. (Photo:...

Joseph Kneusel

Jun 126 min read

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Pope Leo XIV to families: Be missionaries of the Gospel who walk with other families

Pope Leo greets pilgrims during the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly on Sunday, June 1, 2025. (Photo: Vatican...

Catholic News Agency

Jun 83 min read

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This is Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of June

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful in St. Peter's Basilica, May 31, 2025. (Photo: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA) By Francesca Pollio Fenton/CNA In his...

Catholic News Agency

Jun 72 min read

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Petrocentrism: a problem?

(Photo: CNS/Lola Gomez) One hundred fifty-five years ago, when the freshly minted Kingdom of Italy conquered the rump of the Papal States...

George Weigel

Jun 43 min read

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Old and New: The American Pope Takes on AI

Pope Leo XIV addresses the media from around the world who were present in Rome to cover the conclave that elected him as pope. (Photo:...

Jared Staudt

May 224 min read

WATCH | Why Pope Leo XIV Brings Real Hope: A Conversation with Archbishop Aquila and Chris Stefanick

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila joined Catholic evangelist Chris Stefanick for a powerful conversation about the newly elected Pope Leo XIV —...

Denver Catholic Staff

May 141 min read