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(Photo: Unsplash) By Deacon Ernest Martinez Director of Deacons Archdiocese of Denver As I reflect on End-of-Life Month  in our Archdiocese, I find myself looking back over two distinct callings in my life: first as a police officer, then later as a deacon. They might seem worlds apart, but both have placed me face-to-face with the mystery of death and the beauty of the human soul’s longing for God. From the Streets to the Sanctuary During my years in law enforcement, I stood

(Photo: Adobe Stock) By Msgr. Edward L. Buelt, J.C.L.   A Midnight Call The nursing home’s night nurse called me in the middle of the night, waking me from a sound sleep. She asked that I come immediately to administer the last rites to a non-responsive, near-death resident.   When I arrived, the woman’s daughter explained her mother’s condition. She was certain her mother would not live to see the morning. I sat beside the woman, greeted her softly and found that she did not

(Photo: Unsplash) By Jim Smallwood Former Colorado State Senator Being a good Catholic and working in politics sometimes seems...

Do we really have to have a funeral Mass (or funeral liturgy outside of Mass)? What if no one is going to come? The answer to these two...

By Matthew Bunson, Daniel Payne/CNA The findings of a new EWTN News/RealClear Opinion Research  survey  shed light on the spiritual...

By Joseph Pronechen/CNA When you are in need of an answer to prayer but time doesn’t permit a multi-day petition, you may want to follow...

By Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Pope Francis said Wednesday the person who lives with joy his anointing in the sacrament of confirmation cannot...

After writing about mission and the call to holiness , I was asked to answer this question: “How did extraordinary ministers of holy...

(Photo by André Escaleira, Jr.) My grandfather passed away when I was a young child. He was a firefighter and passed away in the line of...

RAVENNA, ITALY - JANUARY 28, 2020: The freco Glory of Resurected Jesus from the cupola of side chapel in Duomo (cathedral) by Guido Reni...

(Photo: Lightstock) By William J. Dagendesh  More than 2,000 years after the event, some people still believe that Jesus never existed,...

It’s Holy Week, the most important week of the Church year. The life and mission of Christ is fulfilled in the coming days, which serve...

(Photo: Grant Witty / Unsplash) By Joseph Pronechen/National Catholic Register Holy Week and Divine Mercy Sunday, present everyone with...

Marriage preparation and Natural Family Planning reflect the beauty of the sacrament It’s a tale as old as time: he gets down on one...

It was a scene from the history books as hand-pulled wagons packed with essentials made their way down Larimer Street in Denver earlier...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) All four Gospels have an account of the multiplication of the loaves and fish. St. John’s version of this story can...

( Denver Catholic File Photo) It’s hard not to fix one’s gaze on the formidable neo-Gothic church of St. Dominic as one drives by...

We eat food in order to live. Jesus offered himself as the “bread of life” so that we could live a different kind of life. We have a hard...

(Photo: Unsplash) Sometimes, we Catholics tend to overcomplicate confession: “Was this a sin? Do I need to confess that? Do I really even...

What do we see at Mass? Often enough, we encounter a mundane vision of outdated architecture, some empty pews, those who made it there...