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Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 18, 20195 min read
The Catholic Church has five new saints
With 50,000 people in attendance from all continents, Pope Francis declared John Henry Newman, Mother Giuseppina Vannini, Mother Mariam...


Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 31, 20173 min read
Saints with rough pasts: Never too far gone
No one is ever too far gone for a change of heart — and there are several saints to prove it. From the murderers, the promiscuous, the...


Carmen Elena Villa
Oct 23, 20173 min read
The first martyrs of America
The Three children martyrs of Tlaxcala, Cristobal, Antonio and Juan at San Luis Obispo Parish in Tlaxcala, Mexico. (Photo: Alejandro...


Carmen Elena Villa
Sep 21, 20174 min read
Stanley Francis Rother, a shepherd who didn’t run
(Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City) Father Stanley Francis Rother, an Oklahoma native, knew his life was in danger. Why?...


Denver Catholic Staff
Aug 9, 20173 min read
Saint Gianna’s daughter to visit Denver for public event
St. Gianna Beretta Molla, canonized in 2004 by St. John Paul II, is heralded as a pro-life hero because she gave up her life for her...
Carmen Elena Villa
Oct 26, 20166 min read
Newly canonized saints reflect holiness in daily life
Along with José de Jesús Sánchez del Río, Pope Francis canonized another six saints of four nationalities on Sunday, Oct. 16. Elizabeth...


Carmen Elena Villa
Oct 25, 20163 min read
St. José Sánchez del Río: The boy who died for love of Christ the King
Photo: Cristian Gutiérrez, LC/Cathopic José de Jesús Sánchez del Río went to visit the tomb of a Cristero martyr in 1927, and asked God...


Aaron Lambert
Sep 1, 20163 min read
Little woman, giant spirit
File photo by James Baca The woman stood at a mere five foot zero, but her mountainous faith towered high above those she encountered....


Denver Catholic Staff
Mar 28, 20165 min read
Solitary, but not alone
AUSTRIA: Franz Jagerstatter in his late teens. Styria Verlag. Used with permission One theme unifies the stories of all the saints:...
Denver Catholic Staff
Dec 23, 20153 min read
St. John, a super old book and mercy in action
If the Catechism is the user’s guide to Catholicism, then some of our Catholic classics are the weird fandom wikis that give us way more...


Denver Catholic Staff
Dec 9, 20153 min read
St. Sharbel visits Denver as Year of Mercy begins
As Pope Francis opened the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy this week, which he hopes will be “a time when the witness of believers might...


Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 12, 20152 min read
Video: Saints among us (literally)
Mila Glodava didn’t settle for a regular college term project. With the help of her pastor, Father Andrew Kemberling, she decided to put...
Denver Catholic Staff
Nov 3, 20152 min read
Sinners among us
Like a lot of Catholics, every October growing up I was assigned a project related to the saints in preparation for All Saints’ Day. I...
Denver Catholic Staff
Oct 30, 20156 min read
Vogue Venerables: People to love before they’re beatified
November is just around the corner, which means it’s time to honor all those who have passed. We have All Soul’s Day, where we pray for...
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
Sep 14, 20153 min read
Weapons of mass distraction
Some time ago I received advice about a stressful work situation that today remains one of my favorite tools. “The main thing is to keep...


Denver Catholic Staff
Aug 25, 20155 min read
Seven things to know about St. Louis (the actual saint, not the arguably perfect city)
When most people think of St. Louis, they think of an idyllic town nestled in a glorious tetrad of magnificent rivers and blessed by God...
Denver Catholic Staff
Aug 13, 20154 min read
Four saints with laughably ridiculous names
If the Church is a hospital for sinners, then these saints are the foreign night-shift nurses whose name you can’t pronounce. They’re...
Denver Catholic Staff
Aug 13, 20154 min read
Five saints with laughably ridiculous names
If the Church is a hospital for sinners, then these saints are the foreign night-shift nurses whose name you can’t pronounce. They’re...
Denver Catholic Staff
Aug 10, 20153 min read
Nuns, guns and the Wild West—the tale of Sister Blandina
Billy the Kid, a notorious bank and stage-coach robber of the Wild West, met his match in the most unlikely of people when he met Sister...
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