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Denver Catholic Staff
Feb 23, 20173 min read
Here’s an idea, give up busyness for Lent
Businessman running in a hurry with many hands holding time, smart phone, laptop, wrench, papernote and briefcase, business concept in...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Feb 22, 20174 min read
Encounter God’s Word in the desert
We are about to begin Lent, the solemn season in which the Church unites herself to what the Catechism calls “the mystery of Jesus in the...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Feb 8, 20174 min read
Christian persecution challenges and strengthens
(Photo: Unsplash) We live in a time of heroic witnesses who are giving their lives or suffering for the faith, but few people know it. As...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Jan 24, 20174 min read
Five ways to make America great again
March for Life in Denver, Jan. 17, 2015. (Photo by Jeffrey Bruno/CC BY 2.0) With the recent inauguration of President Trump, his promises...


Denver Catholic Staff
Jan 18, 20172 min read
How to get through Inauguration Day as a Catholic
(Photo by Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0) On Jan. 20, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Dec 23, 20164 min read
How we answered Christ’s knock in 2016
“The Word who found a dwelling in Mary’s womb comes to knock on the heart of every person” at Christmas, Pope St. John Paul II said....
Aaron Lambert
Oct 10, 20163 min read
Finding faith as a weary pilgrim
In the bull indiction for the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Misericordiae Vultus, Pope Francis suggested various ways on how to live out this...
Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Oct 5, 20165 min read
Voting as a Catholic in 2016
I have voted in every presidential election since 1972 and I have never experienced an election like this year’s. Both candidates are...
Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Sep 21, 20163 min read
Rediscovering parish boundaries
When you meet a fellow Catholic, the question oftentimes asked is, “What parish do you attend?” Over the past year, every parish in the...
Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Sep 7, 20163 min read
A shepherd after Christ’s heart
On Aug. 25, I had the joy of announcing that Pope Francis had named Father Jorge Rodriguez as the next auxiliary bishop for the...
Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Aug 29, 20164 min read
Colorado needs more compassionate care, not killing
In August 1997, I was in the oncologist office with my mother and her doctor. The doctor shared with us that my mother had cancer in her...
John D. LaBarbara
May 10, 20163 min read
Why charity must be effective
In Pope Benedict XVI’s Encyclical, Charity in Truth, he taught that: To love someone is to desire that person’s good and to take...
Larry Smith
Mar 30, 20163 min read
Prayer in the Square Needs You
The world can seem such a mess that we may wonder what we can do. We need to pray. We need to pray as individuals and as a Catholic...
Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 2, 20156 min read
Blessed Marcel Callo: The nerd’s alternative to Pier Giorgio
Blessed Marcel Callo just needs to be more famous. His story is equal parts Pier Giorgio, Maximilian Kolbe, Romeo Montague, and...
Denver Catholic Staff
Jul 28, 20154 min read
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains: A former employee's perspective
Three years ago I was the happiest guy on earth. I had a great job paying over $100K a year, an amazing wife, and a beautiful step son. I...


Father Randy Dollins
Jul 22, 20153 min read
Column: The arrogance of pedestrians-How we abuse our authority
Young man cross the street at a crosswalk (Photo: Freepik) Father Randy Dollins (Photo: Denver Catholic File Photo) In the past couple of...
Matt and Mindy Dalton
Apr 21, 20152 min read
Four little words to make your marriage last
Seven years ago, I was having the worst thoughts about the one I was supposed to love the most, Matt. We were headed for a weekend away...
Matt and Mindy Dalton
Mar 10, 20153 min read
Not always as it appears
Marriages are usually not ruined overnight. One or the other usually does not wake up one morning and say, “I am miserable in this...
Matt and Mindy Dalton
Feb 9, 20153 min read
What makes a true valentine
Many years ago when I was in the business world, I often got together with another gentleman whom I looked up to greatly, as he was the...
Matt and Mindy Dalton
Jan 15, 20153 min read
Say ‘I do’ to 3 New Year’s resolutions for couples
Now that we all have lost five pounds since implementing better eating and a new workout routine, and started a new budget for the year...
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