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Jared Staudt
May 25, 20213 min read
Christians in the modern world: A story of conflict, engagement, and retreat
The Church has had a rocky relationship with the modern world, to say the least. It’s all the more difficult that contemporary culture...


Father Randy Dollins
May 24, 20217 min read
Cancel culture: A Christian response
(Photo: Adobe Stock) Picture this: you’re driving and the light changes from green to yellow. Judging the distance, you decide to apply...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
May 21, 20213 min read
Our defense against fear: the Holy Spirit
(Photo: Lightstock) Jesus seemed to be gone forever, but when the Holy Spirit rushed upon the Apostles like a wind and appeared over...


George Weigel
May 19, 20213 min read
A most unfortunate Roman intervention
On May 7, Cardinal Luis Ladaria, SJ, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, sent a letter to Archbishop José Gomez,...


George Weigel
May 11, 20213 min read
Vatican II on Catholics in public life
The Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (often referenced by its Latin title, Gaudium et...
Jared Staudt
May 6, 20214 min read
Mother Mary: Modeling joy even in suffering
Where would we be without our mothers? We wouldn’t be! Father Gregory Cleveland, OMV, shares a beautiful quote...


George Weigel
May 4, 20213 min read
Gaia, false gods, and public policy
I claim no expertise in climate science. I do claim a certain competence in detecting spin in the media; for I’m a card-carrying member...


Mary Beth Bonacci
May 3, 20215 min read
Bacon, a random highway, and the last day I spent with my mom
Photo by Jake Blucker on Unsplash Last month was my Mom’s 89th birthday. And the three-month anniversary of her death. I have written...


George Weigel
Apr 27, 20213 min read
What would Cardinal Meyer say?
Unfortunately forgotten in most U.S. Catholic circles today, Cardinal Albert Gregory Meyer, archbishop of Milwaukee from 1953 to 1958 and...


Jared Staudt
Apr 27, 20214 min read
St. Joseph: Our strong and silent spiritual father
Joseph — son of David, husband of Mary, the humble builder, and adoptive father of the Messiah — stands as one of the greatest saints in...
George Weigel
Apr 20, 20213 min read
Hans Küng and the perils of fame
During his 1977 rookie year with the Baltimore Orioles, future Hall of Famer Eddie Murray got a piece of advice from veteran Lee May: If...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Apr 19, 20217 min read
Archbishop: Eucharistic Coherence is a question of love
On April 14, 2021 America Magazine , as part of its ongoing “Conversations” in America Media , published an article I wrote entitled:...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Apr 19, 20213 min read
What can we learn from silent St. Joseph?
It seems like a paradox to say we can learn from St. Joseph, a man who does not have a single word attributed to him in the Scriptures,...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Apr 15, 20218 min read
Archbishop: Eucharistic Coherence and the condemnation of sin
(Photo: Unsplash) At my first Mass as a priest, and at Masses I have offered since, I have prayed quietly one of two prayers offered by...


George Weigel
Apr 13, 20213 min read
God’s harsh and dreadful love
The Paschal Triduum this year seemed like a return from exile: Holy Thursday’s Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, in church; Good...


George Weigel
Apr 6, 20213 min read
Light from the East
Ten years ago last month, the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church took a striking decision: it elected its youngest member,...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Apr 6, 20214 min read
Encounter the Risen Jesus: Week 7
It’s Week 7 of Encounter the Risen Jesus! Visit archden.org/easter2021 to watch the reflection and follow along with the prayer guide...


Jared Staudt
Apr 5, 20215 min read
The goal of Salvation: A new life in the Resurrection
“Are you saved?” This is something you might hear after the doorbell rings. “What does that even mean?” you might wonder, as you think of...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Apr 1, 20213 min read
Inside God’s covert rescue operation
In the last edition of the Denver Catholic magazine, I began a three-part series on our story as Catholic Christians, the story of our...


George Weigel
Mar 30, 20213 min read
The Easter explosion
Let me adapt to recent circumstances a thought-experiment theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar proposed decades ago: Imagine that a friend...
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