As the dawn breaks on a new year, let us give thanks for all we hold dear: our health, our family and our friends. Let us release our grudges, our anger and our pains, for these are nothing but binding chains. Let us live each day in the most loving …

by Autumn Jones Denver Newsroom, Dec 29, 2021 / 17:00 pm It’s that time of the year again when many people commit to working out every single day of the new year. New Year’s resolutions are a 4000-year-old tradition according to History.com, with the ancient Babylonians said to have been …

The title “Mother of God” goes back to the third or fourth century, but the Greek term Theotokos (“The God-bearer”) was officially consecrated as Catholic doctrine at the Council of Ephesus in 431, thus becoming the first Marian dogma. At the end of the Council of Ephesus, crowds of people marched through …

Carol was happily married, until she became pregnant with her first child. She then started getting hit for a variety of reasons such as now being ugly, or not doing things quickly enough. At first she was too embarrassed to say anything to her family, but eventually the bruises became …

God our Father, You have created us to strive for the best. Grant to all athletes, coaches, and fans, strength to pursue excellence during this event. We pray for the safety of these athletes; Protect them from injury and harm. And finally, we pray for your grace, that you would …

In 1969, German theologian Joseph Ratzinger – later Pope Benedict XVI – gave a radio address in which he asked, “What will the Church look like in 2000?” His evaluation of the Church’s condition in 1969 is acute and thoughtful. His prediction for the Church’s future state is remarkably prescient. …

I am dealing with addiction in my family and wondered if the Church sees it as sinful? One of the fundamental Christian beliefs is that the created world is good (Gen. 1:31). However, this does not mean that created things cannot be used immoderately or abused. In the case of …

by Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, Dec 30, 2021 / 06:00 am 1968 was a turbulent year in America. The Vietnam War was in full swing; Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy had been assassinated; and riots were breaking out across the United States, including in Washington DC. But …

Sister Mary Anne Schiller, CPPS, 94, died peacefully on December 23 at Maria Joseph Center, Dayton, Ohio, under the care of hospice. She was born January 1927 in Coronado, Calif., and entered the Sisters of the Precious Blood, Dayton, Ohio, February 12, 1948. For 73 years she faithfully served God …