Sept. 14, 2011 - A member of Archbishop Chaput's senior staff offers a heartfelt reflection about his departure and her return to Denver from the Philly installation without the shepherd she has loved and worked with so closely throughout the past six years.

Sept. 8, 2011 - Archbishop Chaput earned a standing ovation upon conclusion of his homily, delivered during his Sept. 8 Installation Mass as Archbishop of Philadelphia. Click here to read the full text.

Aug. 24, 2011 - It’s not enough to be next to Jesus, or to approve of his teachings, or to know “about” him. We need to love him.  We need to be with Jesus, and in Jesus.

Aug. 18, 2011 - This text is adapted from Archbishop's Chaput's special World Youth Day session for young pilgrims on the the theme of religious freedom, cosponsored by the Knights of Columbus and Catholic News Agency.

Aug. 17, 2011 - Public Discourse has published text adapted from Archbishop Chaput's recent keynote address delivered to the national gathering of CALL (Catholic Association of Latino Leaders). Archbishop Chaput reflects on how America’s laws and institutions come from a moral worldview shaped by Christian belief. They depend not on where her people came from, but on what they are willing to sacrifice to keep the experiment alive. Read the full text.

Aug. 17, 2011 - This text is transcribed from an address given by Archbishop Chaput during World Youth Day 2011, to English-speaking youth for the "Noche de Alegría" (Night of Joy). The French lay movement the Emmanuel Community organized the evening's events, which included prayer, worship, music and Eucharistic adoration.

Aug. 10, 2011 - Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, my friend and predecessor as archbishop of Denver, hosted World Youth Day in August 1993, and he still likes to tell the following story.

July 28, 2011 - Archbishop Pietro Sambi, 73, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, died Wed., July 27. Archbishop Sambi, a native of central Italy, was appointed U.S. papal nuncio by Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. He accompanied Pope Benedict XVI during his 2008 visit to the U.S. Archbishop Chaput offered a reflection about his life, condolences and prayer in his July 28 statement.

July 13, 2011 - None of us lives forever.  Or rather, all of us live forever, but only for a very short time in this world. If we lose our money, we can often earn it back. But if we misuse our time, we can never get it back. Where we put our time shows the world what we really value and believe.

July 1, 2011- Archbishop Chaput addresses video game violence and the Supreme Court's June 27 decision in Brown v. EMA in this column on First Things.

June 29, 2011 -  Everything in Catholic social ministry begins and ends with Jesus Christ.  If it doesn’t, it isn’t Catholic.

June 21, 2011 (Catholic Social Workers National Association Meeting, Regis University, Denver, Colorado) - "Because we believe, we can trust; and because we can trust in God’s love, we can take the risk of loving and giving ourselves to others. This trinity of faith, hope and love echoes the nature of God himself. It’s the economy of all Christian social action. I want to focus my remarks today on the “Catholic” identity of Catholic Charities, and by extension, the identity of all Catholic social work..."

May 25, 2011 - For Catholics, the devil is not a legend or a metaphor or the imagining of pre-scientific minds.  The devil and the corrupted spirits who joined him are real, personal beings-in Scripture, fallen angels-consumed by hatred of God and humanity; rebel creatures with limited power but immense ability.

May 18, 2011 - No matter how many other things bear good fruit for the Gospel in our day, there is no ongoing presence of Jesus Christ in the world without the Church; there is no Church without the Eucharist; and there is no Eucharist without the priest.

May 11, 2011 - Last weekend the 2011 Archbishop's Catholic Appeal was announced at parishes. This weekend parishioners will be asked to commit to the annual fundraising campaign by completing a commitment card at Mass or returning the card received in the mail.

May 11, 2011 - People sometimes ask me if leading an archdiocese the size of Denver is a burden.  My answer is pretty simple...

May 4, 2011 - The Archbishop's annual fundraising appeal supports some 40 ministries in the Denver Archdiocese including the formation and vocation of priests and deacons in northern Colorado.

May 4, 2011 - We live more and more in a cocoon of knowledge-class opinion and prediction which is often wildly wrong. Given the track record, why do people still listen so gullibly to "experts"?

April 8, 2011 (Notre Dame University, Ind.) - Archbishop Chaput delivered the keynote address as part of the University of Notre Dame student-organized Right to Life lecture series. He encouraged the youth to be courageous in fighting for their beliefs, and to always remember what being Catholic really means.