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George Weigel
Nov 2, 20223 min read
President Biden, Archbishop Paglia, and the mortification of the Church
No one who has worked in Washington for more than four decades, as I have, can possibly imagine Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., as one of...


Brianna Heldt
Oct 28, 20224 min read
Seeking the miracle that’s already there
We attended a prayer vigil, and prayed the rosary at night. We hoped for good news, while also preparing ourselves for the worst. And, in...


Jared Staudt
Oct 27, 20223 min read
Consuming true medicine: Why Catholics should oppose legalizing marijuana
Within this multiyear Eucharistic Revival, we should not only foster devotion to the sacrament we recognize as the source and summit of...


George Weigel
Oct 25, 20223 min read
A world without rules?
Let us stipulate that the terms “international community” and “rules-based international order” have often been reduced to meaningless...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Oct 20, 20224 min read
The Eucharist: Food for the cultural desert
For months, the clergy and faithful of the archdiocese have been discussing and praying about how we are called to live out our faith in...


George Weigel
Oct 19, 20223 min read
Why Vatican II Was Necessary
Writing my new book, To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II (Basic Books), afforded me the welcome opportunity to dig...


Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 14, 20226 min read
‘That they may all be one’: Christian unity and John 17
By Deacon Derrick Johnson Permanent Deacon at Assumption Parish in Welby In the summer of 2020, the world watched the collective...


Jared Staudt
Oct 12, 20224 min read
Two Cities: How Catholics ought to approach politics
Due its divisiveness, it can be tempting to avoid the topic of politics altogether within the Church and instead focus on the seemingly...


George Weigel
Oct 11, 20223 min read
John XXIII’s original intention for Vatican II
Sixty years after its solemn opening on October 11, 1962, is there anything new to be said about the Second Vatican Council? I think...


George Weigel
Oct 5, 20223 min read
An Open Letter to the Synod General Secretary
His Eminence, Mario Cardinal Grech General Secretary Synod of Bishops 00120 Vatican City Your Eminence: The “National Synthesis of the...


George Weigel
Sep 27, 20223 min read
Thank you, Your Majesty
Americans have many reasons to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II, one of the few truly noble figures on the contemporary world stage....


Jared Staudt
Sep 22, 20223 min read
The Essential Augustine
On the 28th of August, we celebrated the feast day of the great St. Augustine, the anniversary of the day he died in the year 430 A.D....


George Weigel
Sep 20, 20223 min read
Evangelization: What and When?
At the “information meeting” of the College of Cardinals this past Aug. 29-30, there was considerable agreement that evangelization is...


Mary Beth Bonacci
Sep 15, 20224 min read
No such thing as a vacant prayer
(Photo: Chris Liverani / Unsplash) Have you ever prayed and wondered if God actually hears you? Have you ever felt like you aren’t...


George Weigel
Sep 13, 20223 min read
Finding the bishops we need
There was considerable excitement in some quarters this summer when Pope Francis appointed three women as members of the Vatican’s...


Jared Staudt
Sep 7, 20223 min read
The triumph of failure: A tale of two bishops
“If we achieve great things outside of ourselves, and the achieving of them does not effect any change or development in ourselves, we...


George Weigel
Sep 6, 20223 min read
On the folly of ignoring dictators
Earlier this year, I had the honor and pleasure of being introduced to Hatfield House, ancestral home of the Marquesses of Salisbury, by...


George Weigel
Aug 30, 20223 min read
Christian solidarity vs. barbarism
CRACOW. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees have passed through this ancient cultural capital of Poland since Vladimir Putin’s...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Aug 30, 20224 min read
Archdiocesan Synod: Divine intimacy heals divisions and empowers
When I reflect on my experience of the Archdiocesan Synod, Jesus is active in healing his people and empowering us for mission. He calls...


Jared Staudt
Aug 25, 20224 min read
What true development in moral theology looks like
Faith does not depend upon our own reasonings and feelings. It responds to the revelation of God, which exceeds all of our own...
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