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Aaron Lambert
Feb 9, 20224 min read
Did Christians ban the Games? Tales, myths and other fun facts about the ancient Olympics
Featured photo: Met Museum, Terracotta Panathenaic prize amphora (jar), ca. 510 B.C. Attributed to the Leagros Group. At their best, the...


Archdiocese of Denver
Feb 3, 20222 min read
Archbishop Aquila issues statement in support of Bishop George Thomas’ recent letter
The following is a statement from Archbishop Samuel Aquila in support of the letter published on January 24 by Las Vegas Bishop George...


Denver Catholic Staff
Jan 26, 20223 min read
Pope Francis on day of prayer for Ukraine: ‘Please, no more war’
By Courtney Mares/Catholic News Agency At the beginning of the Catholic Church’s day of prayer for peace in Ukraine, Pope Francis made an...


Archdiocese of Denver
Jan 19, 20222 min read
Nationwide Prayer Vigil for Life to take place Jan. 20-21
Catholics across the country are encouraged to observe a nationwide prayer vigil from Thursday, Jan. 20 to Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, marking...


Denver Catholic Staff
Jan 19, 20222 min read
Alleged vandal faces hate crime charge after major damage to Denver’s Catholic cathedral
By Kevin J. Jones/Catholic News Agency A 26-year-old woman has turned herself in on two charges related to some $10,000 in vandalism...


Denver Catholic Staff
Dec 2, 20213 min read
Notable moments from the Supreme Court arguments over Mississippi abortion law
By Christine Rousselle/Catholic News Agency Oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization have concluded. The U.S....


Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 30, 20213 min read
Seven things to know about the Dobbs abortion case now before the Supreme Court
By Katie Yoder/Catholic News Agency The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a historic case on Dec. 1 that directly challenges Roe v. Wade, the...


Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 18, 20211 min read
Archbishop Aquila decries church vandalism in "Washington Post" op-ed
Photo courtesy of Father Sam Morehead via CNA The following is a brief excerpt from an op-ed penned by Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila and...


National Catholic Register
Nov 18, 20217 min read
U.S. bishops try to keep focus on Eucharist, not politicians, in new document
Photo: CNA/EWTN By Lauretta Brown/National Catholic Register The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted overwhelmingly to approve a...


Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 17, 20213 min read
Archbishop Aquila: The Eucharist can transform your life
By Katie Yoder/Catholic News Agency The archbishop of Denver criticized media coverage that frames the bishops’ discussion on the...


Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 15, 20211 min read
Pray for an end to "Roe v. Wade" at national prayer event
(Photo: Pexels) The U.S Supreme Court will soon hear a case that could overturn Roe v. Wade and mark a critical victory against the...


Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 15, 20215 min read
Ready for the big bishops meeting? Here are 8 things you need to know
By Christine Rousselle/Catholic News Agency When the U.S. Catholic bishops gather in Baltimore starting today for their annual fall...


Archdiocese of Denver
Oct 18, 20218 min read
Archbishop Aquila celebrates opening liturgy of synod on synodality — read the full transcript of his homily
On Sunday, Oct. 17, Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila celebrated the opening liturgy for the diocesan phase of the Synod on Synodality at the...


Colorado Catholic Conference
Oct 1, 20214 min read
Contact your senator to vote ‘no’ on the “Women’s Health Protection Act”
On September 24, the United States House of Representatives passed Women’s Health Protection Act , which is a radical pro-abortion bill...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Sep 22, 20213 min read
Archbishop Aquila issues statement against the so-called “Women’s Health Protection Act”
(Photo: Denver Catholic file photo) Pope Francis recently stated, “Abortion is more than an issue. Abortion is murder… It’s a human life,...


National Catholic Register
Sep 10, 20216 min read
New York City’s 9/11 Cross Represents Our Enduring Hope
World Trade Center cross in the debris of 6 World Trade Center. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) By Father Roger Landry/National...


Denver Catholic Staff
Aug 30, 20214 min read
Christians in Afghanistan: Five things you need to know
By Alejandro Bermudez/Catholic News Agency As the situation in Afghanistan rapidly deteriorates and the U.S. withdrawal date of Tuesday,...


National Catholic Register
Jul 26, 20218 min read
Catholic converts tell their stories of Eucharistic reckoning
By Roxanne King/National Catholic Register Last month, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to craft a teaching document “On...


Denver Catholic Staff
May 26, 20214 min read
What happens in Germany, revisited
By Francis X. Maier Writing on the quincentennial of the Reformation and its parallels with emerging problems in the 21st-century German...


Archdiocese of Denver
May 26, 20211 min read
Archbishop Aquila responds to Germany’s synodal path that could impact the universal Church
(Photo: Dan Petty/Denver Catholic) As the bishops of Germany move forward with a synodal path that could impact the entire Church,...
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