Denver Catholic

The Denver Catholic was established on March 17, 1900, coinciding with St. Patrick’s Day, and featured a green-ink cover to celebrate the occasion. The newspaper has endured for over a hundred years, thanks in large part to the commitment and foresight of its early editor, Msgr. Matthew Smith, who guided the publication, then known as The Denver Catholic Register, from 1913 to 1960.

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Against the War of Words: An Open Letter to Catholic Leaders

1 week ago | denvercatholic.org | Paul Winkler

During my childhood, communism, which Pope Leo XIII had condemned in the previous century, loomed as a global threat through its aggressive expansion. This threat was most evident in the actions of the Soviet Union. I grew up listening to the tense rhetoric exchanged between President Reagan and Soviet leaders — first Leonid Brezhnev, and later Mikhail Gorbachev, who, fortunately, recognized the need to end the decades-long Cold War and implement reforms essential for his country’s survival.
PHOTOS | Beacon on the hill: St. John Paul II Parish breaks ground for new church

4 weeks ago | denvercatholic.org | Aaron Lambert

At high noon on Sunday, May 25, the faith community of St. John Paul II Parish in Thornton joyously celebrated an occasion that it once seemed might never come: the groundbreaking for their new church building. It’s been a long time coming — over eight years, to be exact. After countless hurdles, haltings and hang-ups along the way, parishioners rightly gave thanks to God and breathed a collective sigh of relief as the shovels broke into the dirt lot at the southwest corner of 144th Ave.
Pope Francis on the Economy, Capitalism and the Noble Vocation of Business

1 month ago | denvercatholic.org | Paul Winkler

During his pontificate, Pope Francis articulated an economic vision that called for capitalism’s radical transformation to ensure that it focused on serving people rather than “the bottom line.” His teachings offered an uncomfortable challenge, a warning and an invitation to all business leaders — but for Catholic business leaders specifically — to lead with integrity and focus on the human person, uphold ethical responsibility and help shape a world where business serves and lifts up...
PHOTOS | Ordained to Love: Archdiocese of Denver Celebrates Three New Priests Called to Lay Down Their Lives

1 month ago | denvercatholic.org | André Escaleira Jr.

As Father Blaise Buches, Father José Delgado and Father Craig Kinneberg prostrated themselves before the Lord Jesus at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver on Saturday, Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila exhorted them to be humble, prayerful witnesses to Christ throughout their priestly ministry. “Today, your life will be forever changed.
Ringing out hope in Nagasaki

1 month ago | denvercatholic.org | George Weigel

The riddle of Japanese Catholicism has long fascinated me. At the end of World War II, Catholics were less than 1% of the population of Japan. Today, eighty years later, Catholics are less than 1% of the Japanese population, although Japan (with a below replacement level birth rate for decades) is in demographic free fall.
An Invisible Love for Neighbor: The Spiritual Charity of the Abbey of St. Walburga's Nuns

1 month ago | denvercatholic.org | André Escaleira Jr.

Loving God can be tough enough, but loving your neighbor? Even tougher sometimes. The Apostle St. John tells us, “If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen” (1 John 4:20). It’s hard to say you love God, whom we haven’t seen in the flesh if we say we hate our neighbor, whom we have. But what if we rarely saw our neighbor? What does spiritual charity look like from a distance?
WATCH | How Coloradans Can Watch Pope Francis’ Funeral Mass Live from Rome

2 months ago | denvercatholic.org

Pope Francis passed away on Easter Monday, April 21, at the age of 88. The Archdiocese of Denver invites all the faithful to join the global Church in mourning the passing of the Holy Father, whose funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday, April 26, at 2 a.m. Mountain Time. The liturgy will be broadcast live from St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City, allowing Catholics across Colorado to participate in this historic moment of prayer and remembrance. Special Mass in Denver to Coincide with FuneralT
More than a Movie: What is a Conclave? And Other Papal Questions, Answered

2 months ago | denvercatholic.org | André Escaleira Jr.

Cardinals from the corners of the world are making their way to Rome to discern who the next Bishop of Rome might be, following Pope Francis’ death on Monday. As the world turns in curiosity to the Eternal City to see who the next Vicar of Christ will be, questions abound.
WATCH | Local Parishioner Present for the Moment the Bells Tolled in Rome, Announcing Pope Francis' Death

2 months ago | denvercatholic.org | André Escaleira

As the news of Pope Francis' death made its way around the world yesterday, a wave of grief followed soon after as faithful worldwide mourned the loss of their spiritual father.One local parishioner found herself at the epicenter of it all, as she was visiting Rome and happened to be in the Vatican running errands."I was already at the Vatican running errands when the announcement came out," Mary Krolicki told the Denver Catholic. "I got the text from a priest with me on this trip and thought, '
Why They Convert: Conversations with New Catholics

2 months ago | denvercatholic.org | André Escaleira Jr.

Neither homelessness nor divorce, neither addiction nor loneliness, neither anxiety nor brokenness can keep these new Catholics from God’s loveWe’ve seen concerning data about the number of people who leave the Church. We’ve heard a lot about the apostolic age in which we live, one in which Christianity is not the default, one in which an increasing number of people do not know Christ. Such an environment begs a major question: Why be Catholic?