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. 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 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.

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

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"?