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2 weeks 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...

3 weeks 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.

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.

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?

1 month 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