Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila

The Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila is the eighth bishop of Denver and its fifth archbishop. His episcopal motto is, "Do whatever he tells you" (Jn 2:5).

Archbishop Aquila

Our Lady, undoer of our abortion knot

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila - September 16, 2014

Many of you would be shocked to learn that Colorado is one of only four states without health code standards for abortion clinics, or...

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Sept. 11 and the battle for hearts

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila - September 9, 2014

“You will know them by their fruits,” Jesus told the crowd listening to him on the mountain top. This week, as we remember those...

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Wanted: committed, life-long disciples

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila - September 2, 2014

For two days last week 500 people from around the country gathered in Denver’s Tech Center for the inaugural Amazing Parish conference. I attended...

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The ice bucket challenge’s ethical surprise

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila - August 26, 2014

From Conan O’Brien to little kids inspired to help those in need, people across the country have taken up the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge...

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Mother Mary, grant us hearts like yours!

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila - August 12, 2014

In 1936, Niepokalanow (the City of the Immaculate) was home to over 900 Franciscan friars and was the largest Catholic media operation in Poland....

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ISIS atrocity underscores the importance of religious freedom

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila - July 29, 2014

“For the first time in the history of Iraq, Mosul is now empty of Christians,” Patriarch Louis Sako said after the July 19 noon...

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Blind guides and the ‘Dirty 100’

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila - July 15, 2014

When I visited the Little Sisters of the Poor last month, I saw elderly men and women being treated with compassion, respect and charity...

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Surrender to the loving embrace of God

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila - June 17, 2014

Father Raniero Cantalamessa, the preacher of the papal household, has described the moment when the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles at Pentecost as...

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Why a pastoral letter on the family?

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila - June 3, 2014

You may have never thought about it, but when the Holy Family was forced to flee into Egypt to escape Herod’s persecution, they experienced...

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Be an online ‘Good Samaritan’

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila - May 28, 2014

“I have asked you. They have asked you, and she, my mother, has asked you. Will you refuse to do this for me, to...

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