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Independence and freedom in Christ
(Photo: Lightstock) By Edgar Mares Evangelization Specialist Archdiocese of Denver Have you ever reflected on what freedom is? On its...
Guest Contributor
Jul 4, 20243 min read


Only one name
Rome is chaotic at its calmest, but three weeks working there in May suggested that the chaos has intensified to what may be...
George Weigel
Jul 3, 20243 min read


Walking with Christ through grief in the Order of Christian Funerals
(Photo by André Escaleira, Jr.) When I was 14, one of my closest friends passed away. I was confused and angry. I didn’t know what to...
Deacon Marc Nestorick
Jun 27, 20243 min read


The Opportunity of Summer: Build and Repair Relationships
“Dad, I’m sorry I haven’t been in better touch.” We were sitting on the porch late at night, two blocks from the beach, with the waves...
Jared Staudt
Jun 27, 20243 min read


Rupture by stealth?
According to a source well-positioned to know, one of the behind-the-scenes dramas of the present pontificate involved Pope Francis’s...
George Weigel
Jun 26, 20243 min read


Born to be wild
Kykkos monastery, Cyprus. The Ladder of Divine Ascent with the good on the right and the bad on the left. (Photo: Adobe Stock) The 1960s...
Paul Winkler
Jun 21, 20244 min read


Summertime: reflection and restoration
By Mark Sanders St Raphael Counseling Did you know? Catholic Charities of Denver’s St. Raphael Counseling is the largest Catholic...
Catholic Charities
Jun 20, 20243 min read


Ticket to oblivion?
In the days before Pope Paul VI simplified the rituals surrounding the creation of new cardinals, men who had previously been informed...
George Weigel
Jun 19, 20243 min read


Dad, you matter
Not long ago, I overheard a man say that he would take a break from Sunday Mass because Sundays were for the family, and Mass took too...
Vladimir Mauricio-Perez
Jun 14, 20244 min read


‘I have my mission:’ Your role in God’s plan
I want to be someone who matters. I want to make a difference, to do something great. “I have my mission.” This is how St. John Henry...
Jared Staudt
Jun 13, 20245 min read


Vexillology, horsefeathers, and “pro-choice” dishonesty
Just when you thought American public life couldn’t get more deranged, the Great Pine Tree Flag Indictment was handed down. I refer, of...
George Weigel
Jun 12, 20243 min read


Aroused consciences changing history
Forty-five years ago, the New York Times cast its gimlet eye over the first three days of Pope John Paul II’s return to his Polish...
George Weigel
Jun 5, 20243 min read


God has a message for YOU at every Mass
(Photo: Unsplash) Do you ever wish you could hear directly from God a little more often? That he would chime in every once in a while...
Mary Beth Bonacci
May 31, 20245 min read


Against Our False Gospel: Medieval Wisdom on the Spiritual Battle
The modern world pushes its own gospel that focuses on the “self.” There is no need to fear God, for he is merciful. Follow your heart...
Jared Staudt
May 30, 20244 min read


Summoning the heroes
WARSAW. John Williams, 92-year-old laureate conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, has composed some of the most memorable...
George Weigel
May 29, 20243 min read


Happiness and Its Effect on Your Business
(Photo: Adobe Stock) As the leader of your business, you create the blueprint of its culture by the behavior you exhibit in front of your...
Paul Winkler
May 24, 20243 min read


Invoking John Paul the Great
ROME. Age certainly accelerates one’s sense of the passage of time. Well do I remember high school classes that felt as long as Würm...
George Weigel
May 22, 20243 min read


Back to the Land: Following the Land’s Liturgy
We shook on it. After too many moves, my wife and I committed to move once more into a small cabin on the land. After years of false...
Jared Staudt
May 16, 20244 min read


Unity in what?
Among the many urgent questions raised by the Synods on the Family in 2014 and 2015 and the current Synod on Synodality – questions that...
George Weigel
May 15, 20243 min read


“Dear mother, your motherhood can transform the world:” The mission of the Catholic mother
(Photo: Bethany Beck / Unsplash) By Sandra Morales, associate director of family ministries for the Archdiocese of Denver To write this...
Guest Contributor
May 12, 20245 min read
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